Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

The inmates made jokes about the chair, the way people always make jokes about things that frighten them but can't be gotten away from.

Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don't share.

I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with.

The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.

Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

I always like the current one [collection] the most, that's just my nature!

Poets know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.

Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey of a time-honoured form?

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. Id like to do a musical someday.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.