. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set..

The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country wor….

The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget safety but a….

You're never going to learn everything..

One truly understands only what one can create..

Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corolla….

A good poem about failure is a success..

I work whenever I'm let..

A lot of things are going right. More is going right than wrong, for sure..

Meow, Meow, Motherfucker..

It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable..

I take all of my music seriously and personally..

Im so not into being emaciated..

I've never been a good hitter..

Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have..

It's nobody's business how you do something..

There is no such thing as society..

Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies..

It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious..

But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny..

Don't seek more days in your life but more life in your days..