Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

I just like to do covers, every once in a while. If someone pays me to go into the studio, I'll do it.

I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

Humility is the light of understanding.

Lovers of words have no place where honest work must be done.

There's always some relief in giving up.

Louise Gluck, C.K. Williams, Thomas Lux. A lot of the poets that I like are the ones that influenced me as a writer.

It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.