Babies are not brought by storks and poets are not produced by workshops.

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.

The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.

Hearing that the same men who brought us 'South Park' were mounting a musical to be called 'The Book of Mormon,' we were tempted to turn away, as from an inevitable massacre.

One does not become a guru by accident.

Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world.

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

My feeling is that poetry will wither on the vine if you don't regularly come back to the simplest fundamentals of the poem: rhythm, rhyme, simple subjects - love, death, war.

English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends.

Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral.

If you believe Might is Right, it follows that whoever cannot hold their ground does not deserve to keep it.

Love is not for thrill-seekers, dreamers, or children with short attention spans. And you, son, fit into all three of those categories.

A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.

If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see.

I've always been about honesty, whether on the radio, whether I did a movie, whether I wrote a book. As long as you're honest, you don't lose your edge.

As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

I really love over-the-knee boots. I think they're super sexy and they're fun. And they're also very strong and empowering.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.