"I'm a survivor, but I'm not a victim."

"I'm a great believer in the power of imagination, and the power of creativity, and the power of expression."

"I'm a guide, but I'm not a guru."

"I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a…"

"I'm a human being, and I'm a poet, and I'm a lover, and I'm a friend, and I'm a neighbor, and I'm a citizen, and I'm a creature of the earth."