I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary..

[Steven Sebring] presence was also nice for my children, who, having just lost their father, quite naturally craved warm male attention. They gravita….

A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to, because it’s your calli….

We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minute….

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ou….

I was always trying to pick guys up. I'd ask guys out and stuff like that. I had no pride. I was the biggest lurch at dances, waiting for the ladies'….

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I ….

I have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children - I love my children and I would never….

After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take a picture and later a poem comes in my ….

I don't like answering to other people's philosophies. I don't have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don't….

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detecti….

New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. But there are other cities. Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New York City has been taken away ….

I believe we all have a unique journey, whether its a journey of pure energy, if there's any intelligence within the journey. But I think each of us ….

I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I ….

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times..

I like making records right now 'cause I can express myself that way in a very immediate, physical sense. You can always write a book, but you can't ….

We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world..

When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective and his process, which to me is ….

As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - n….

When I started making music, we'd lost a lot of our great people. Rock was moving in a direction I didn't like. Rock was my generation's revolutionar….

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer..