Here's me opening my wrists before breakfast, Christmas day, and here's you asking if it hurt. Here's where I choose between mea culpa and Why the hell should I tell you?

I started a PhD in English at the University of Chicago because I loved poetry-which I now realize is like saying I studied vivisection because I loved dogs.

Gradually I became aware that professing English because I loved poems was like practicing vivisection because I loved dogs.

A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs in human form.

Always Remember... Once You Give Up Your Rights, You Can Never Get Them Back. Once You Turn On That Police State, You Can Never Turn It Off.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper.

I think that the older I get and the more comfortable I get with myself, the more I realize that art is about relinquishing control of your emotions and being vulnerable and innocent.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

I think when you're 25 you're still finding yourself, and you should have the freedom of that.

I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about politics or the media.

You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.