Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn't poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

Sucking up to the biggies won't get us anywhere.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.