...being with you was so easy and natural - there was no strain - I never had to guard my words...

...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't teach that in school...

...the wet brush of snowflakes was like your kisses everywhere ...

...no good writing flows from a polluted well - you can write about monsters, but you can't be one...

...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms...

...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ...

...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...

...you think so logically...like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically...like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth...

...you fantasize about me reading my poems to you - it doesn't work that way - I write down everything later - living is not an after-thought...

...if you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain...

...is worship too strong a word? yes, I worship you - to worship is to give worth to something – isn’t that what love is all about?...

If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago He would've thought they were birds Or angels from another world Or messengers from other planets.

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.

There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.

The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies

I write about broken people who need other people in order to go on. But those are the only kind of people I know to exist. We are all broken.

As a kid, a little kid I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

There is no rank in sacrifice.

Don't get discouraged, and think positive all the time. Don't get down on yourself if you lose out a couple of times. It's just a lot of hard work.

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.