“If that voice that you created that is most alive in the poem isn't ca...” — Philip Levine Quote

“If that voice that you created that is most alive in the poem isn't carried throughout the whole poem, then I destroy where it's not there, and I reconstruct it so that that voice is the dominant voice in the poem.”

“No one can write like Vallejo and not sound like a fraud. He's just too much himself and not you.”

“I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.”

“I've been in football a long time and one thing you don't do is when things are going well, you don't get carried away. And when they don't, you stay positive.”

“Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.”

“My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.”