I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

The sun heals me every day and opens my heart to ever-expanding bliss.

To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.

Destiny is not what you become but what you do with it

He does kiss like a pirate though, I was able to re-affirm that.

Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.

If I thought of the number of people who were watching me as I got ready to shoot, I?d miss it.

I am grown peaceful as old age tonight.

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.