It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Lovers navigating with different moral compasses causes the relation ship to sail in circles.

I knew in that moment that I was full of it. I didn't know who I was. I only knew my routine. I knew who I was suppose to be, who I was expected to be.

...the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn't like it.

Love brings the turnaround.

I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night.

I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.

All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist

I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa.

Every emotion is connected with the breath. If you change the breath, change the rhythm, you can change the emotion.