The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.
When you finish a poem, it clicks shut like the top of a jewel box, but prose is endless. I haven't experienced an awful lot of clicking shut!
You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it.
All poetry comes from repetition.
The subject matter of the stories on the surface. . . there seem to be a number of stories about travel.
Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation.
When you get an idea, go and write. Don't waste it in conversation.
Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.
As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.
If the accident of genes has put you in a place where you can be a role model, then be somebody!
Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.