There are things I cannot say..

I'm only interested in poetry..

All the backstories are there but not talked about..

I'm on the road so much that I don't get to spend as much time there as I would like..

You are skilled. I exhort you..

Great influencers attract others..

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you..

I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full….

Those who live, live off the dead..

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present..

Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,' she'd say, 'and if you have a writer's voice, one day ….

I work whenever I'm let..

It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand..

Listen to everyone, follow no one..

I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one..

Emotionally I'm about 13..

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything..

As we interpret ourselves differently, we also live ourselves differently..

As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop..

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop..

Do that which will make you happiest both now and in the future..