The one who does not help to keep the wheel of creation in motion by sacrificial duty, and who rejoices in sense pleasures, that sinful person lives in vain.

The only crystal ball even more difficult to read than where one's own personal situation may be is where the country is headed and what the country's economic situation will be in 20 or 30 years.

The only education part of the lottery will come 10 years from now when we see that the money that was supposed to go to education isn't there, ... In one respect, getting this off the table may be a good thing. Maybe now we'll start concentrating on those things that will improve the lives of our people.

The play is about three different women who live in the same town and whose lives intersect in a lot of different ways. I thought what was interesting was what the story has to say about embracing your life and realizing your potential. It is a solid message to give to the audience.

The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint.