Look at everything as though you were seeing it either first time or last time.

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.

In my father’s scheme of things, there were Italians and then there was the rest of the world.

I can see how you could get dragged into the bad stuff, but I've got good friends around me, good family. I think I've got my head screwed on.

I'm not afraid of a party!

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.

I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

It feels great to not be the acne-ridden outsider that I felt like when I was in high school. It's a lot more fun being alive now than it was then, I'll say that much.

Mercy is not a proper Indian name."..........."Rash Coyote Who Runs With Wolf. We could shorten it to Dinner Woman.

Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'/Let us go and make our visit.

If you read my blog, you know I'm a pilates freak. And by pilates, I mean waffles.