I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.

The need to find out what will happen if I don't relent or moderate my actions has been a constant source of difficulty and discomfort in my life.

A personality for the incredibly beautiful can be a pointless cargo...

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy.

I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.

If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs.

And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

There are dangers, but only dangers if people don't understand where technology is taking us.

I am one of the haunted.

Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of writing as 'good' and other sorts as 'bad' is fearful behavior.

I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.