Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened.

I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight.

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.

The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.

I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.

If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.

I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.

Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.

Time only goes in that one direction.

I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.

teach your brain now .. don't wait until life teach you !

To stop being a victim, you have to stop thinking like a victim.

People do not change, only expression and perception changes.

My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

If you like what you're reading, I probably wrote it.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

Every movie I do is challenging for me. There is some element of imaginative that you wouldn't have in a typical movie.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.