The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
Writing pornography is deadly, nothing duller. I mean a toll-taker has a more exciting life than a pornographer.
Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.
People (a group that in my opinion has always attracted an undue amount of attention) have often been likened to snowflakes. This analogy is meant to suggest that each is unique - no two alike. This is quite patently not the case. People, even at the current rate of inflation - in fact, people especially at the current rate of inflation - are quite simply a dime a dozen. And, I hasten to add, their only similarity to snowflakes resides in their invariably and lamentable tendency to turn, after a few warm days, to slush.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
I don't doubt love for a second. I'm living for love. Listen to my songs!
The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things at risk, not just poetry.
I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether.