The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
It's just as political, what you do in the bedroom is just as political as what you do in public.
It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R. E. M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.
The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.
I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.
There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.
I like to be alone, I mean, I really love to be alone more than anything else, and I don't really like to talk about myself to death, and I don't like to share too much, and I don't really have dreams of extreme fame or even extreme respect.
I was taught in my religious upbringing to spell God with a dash, G-d. But now my dash is pink.
I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.
It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.