"on him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body."

“If someone came up with a new idea for a pantomime that worked, then that would be great but we shouldn't step away from Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin or Mother Goose.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Ormonde, www.londoncalling.com. November 21, 2015.

“You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that the police can indeed rest in peace. The flowers of spring shall bloom upon their graves moistened by the tears of a great city. Outraged and violated law shall be redeemed and in their martyrdom anarchy shall be buried forever.”

“The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.”

“At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.”

“People like definite decisions, / Tidy answers, all the little ravelings / Snipped off, the lint removed, they / Hop happily among their roughs / Calling what they can't clutch insanity / Or saintliness.”

“I usually just have ideas when I have them.”

Source : "Vince Staples Talks About Prima Donna, Celebrity & Frank Ocean". Interview with Highsnobiety, www.highsnobiety.com.

“It doesn't have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.”

“Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.”