Reflection can be its own reward.

I found that reading gave me a certain relief – one form of escapism that seemed safe, and maybe more than safe. I felt saner – less fragmented- after reading for an hour.location 3234

To create a word is simple. But to create a world – to think – that’s hard.

People become so obsessed with the future, they make it up.

Sometimes the best way out of darkness is into it.

Language also acts like love in form.

In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.

But maybe because I'm from a part of the country where there are more meth labs than drive-throughs, anything harder than cough syrup always makes me nervous.

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - I slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out.

To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere.

Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object.

The more constraints I have, the more opportunities I have to be creative to fix those constraints.

Our biggest priority should be to stay engaged.

Plastic man got no brain, plastic man don't feel no pain.

Men are sensitive in strange ways. If a man has built a fire and the last log does not burn, he will take it personally.

There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.

The wild night is calling.

A witty quote proves nothing.