hate contains truth. beauty is a facade.

waitingin a life full of little storiesfor a death to come

it's so easy to be a poetand so hard to be a man.

I wait on my fix:I am a poetry junkie.

it's good to have things done withwhen they don't workit's also good not to hateor even forgetthe person you've failed with.

I like to prowl ordinary placesand taste the people-from a distance.

I like to prowl ordinary places.I feel sorry for us all or glad for us allcaught alive togetherand awkward in that way.there's nothing better than the jokeof usthe seriousness of usthe dullness of us

for meobedience to another is the decayof self

love needs too much help, he said.hate takes care of itself.

the lies of centuries, the lies of love, the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end.

for meobedience to another is the decay of self.for though every being is similareach being is differentand to herd our differencesunder one lawdegrades each self.

All that you are is all around you.

There is an enduring freshness in what remains strange and obscure which the cliches of greatness can only evoke nostalgia for.

Every man's island, Jean Louise, every man's watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscience.

I know Donald Trump. I've met him I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I'm going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president.

The only advice I would give Christians entering the world of arts: give yourself a period of time, maybe three or four years. If you haven't made it in your chosen art form, dump it.

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?

People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.

Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.