I consider myself a feminist, in a way.

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

Each one of us is a set of shifting molecules, spinning in ecstasy.

The counterculture is always repackaged and made into a product. It's part of America.

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.

If a girl is stupid enough to love you after you broke her heart, I guarantee you, she is the one.

Physical scientists probably deserve the reputation they enjoy for incorruptibility and unswerving devotion to pure truth. The reason for this is that it is not worth while to bribe them.

In America, we're not making anything anymore. China and other countries are making our products. We are rebuilding China.

Have respect for every person and every issue directed at you. Do not dismiss any encounter as insignificant.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

A picture is worth a thousand texts.

We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

Don't let the door hitcha where the good Lord splitcha.

I like somebody a lot, let me just put it like that.