A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.

I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with - there's nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.

When a guy tells me I'm cute it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

In Hawaii we have something called Ho'oponopono where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and for me memorable occasion and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise she might say something that confuses and distracts me.

When I look back on my childhood I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.