I think that the casual reader and the lyric and confession are trickily tied up together. I mean often when I read my students' poems my first impul….

You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will e….

Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the conference….

Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United St….

I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a life. Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I wo….

Many Israelis can get to know what's really happening. I mean, you have soldiers who go and see things. It's not like France and Algiers or, I don't ….

I don't have any computers in my studio, it's all analog tape. All analog tape, all old equipment, I mean my mics are like from the 60's and early 70….

The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case of self-inflicted wounding, thi….

To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization..

It was a profound saying of Wilhelm Humboldt, that 'Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must be already man.'.

I mean, it [Southern Comfort] is basically a story about the folly of our misadventure into that war, done in the context of these National Guard wee….

American press, like the press in many countries, acts like a cheerleader to our government rather than a critical observer. This is especially true,….

I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' ….

If you have fame, you never feel that you have fame, if you have the brains of a flea. Because fame is something that's over back of you. It ain't ah….

I made my choice to be in Ferrari. It is not easy because it is important for a man to have satisfaction. And for me to get the satisfaction I want m….

One of the hardest things for me to do is be fully open in a poem. By that I mean, honest and not trying to amplify some mythological version of myse….

Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop. But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gap….

No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn't mean sh** if it's not connected with love..

I love having Phil [Robertson] in the kitchen! Not only is he a great cook, but it means less work for me!.

After the survivor of the Spanish conquest has told his life's story he is convicted by the Inquisition: He posted no brief in defense or mitigation ….

Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource..