Secret to time is beyond our reason.

I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others.

Wisdom chooses the unknown to be its reason.

I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

Everyone moves for reason. You need a reason to leave everything behind.

You're sort of forced to include this aspect of culture into your life whether it be for social reasons or business purposes.

It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.

One reason for making and exhibiting a work is to induce a reaction or change in the viewer.... In this sense, the work as such is nonexistent except when it functions as a medium of change between the artist and viewer.

I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only....Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks.

Poems have always been a place for questions for me. Not answers. And I have a lot of questions these days. One of the reasons I've felt so connected to poetry throughout the years is because it's the only art form that has breath built into it. And I need that breath now. I need that breath so much. So, yes, it is a refuge for me. Absolutely.