I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.
I'm always having ideas. I'd like to continue being able to realise the ideas I have.
I'm not saying that I'm the grand genius that came in on a float and made it happen, but they liked my pitch. I was on my way to a camping trip with my daughter when my agent called and said, "This thing came up and it's really wild and crazy, do you want to read it?" And, I said, "Yeah, why don't you just send it to me? But, I'm going on this camping trip, so I probably won't be able to read it until I get back. "
I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.
A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.
We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.
I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way. I would just put more resources into getting the public diplomacy part much stronger than we were able to.
I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.
In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way somehow.
I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.
It's great to be able to employ people who other people wouldn't consider viable employees.
I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.
Good health is about being able to fully enjoy the time we do have. It is about being as functional as possible throughout our entire lives and avoiding crippling, painful and lengthy battles with disease. There are many better ways to die, and to live.
When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs.
A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.
I used to be able to be in England and just be fine. No one had any idea who I was. I get a lot more abuse in England.
He gave her what no one else had ever been able to give. A past to cherish. A present to enjoy. A future to anticipate
It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.
Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.