I couldn't kill a fly..

I don't spend a lot of time with anybody..

When you are handed something instead of having to work for it, you don't respect it as much..

I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do..

You have to be willing to recognize failure..

You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian.

You will never find a better friend to the United States than Australia..

No one is ever going to be as good as I was.

It can always get worse..

A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words.... Statements are made, words or sentences are used..

You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer..

Faith is always about the Future..

Someone else's success is not your failure..

Always listen for what you can leave out..

I want to understand you, I study your obscure language..

When I get too worked up about things I have always escaped into catatonia..

I don't say any word that I don't approve..

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right..

And yet, she knew she could be..

Love. Resoundingly and absolutely..

I don't really see myself as famous..