I'd sneer and tell him he's got the cerebral finesse of an amoeba and delight in his squint of confusion.

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

There's something better than an 'excuse' for your mistake, which is 'now you know how to stop it from happening again'.

When you die, are you ever allowed to come back?" "Only if you had your hand stamped.

I would say my life experiences are my poetry, whether I'm writing about those actual, factual experiences or not.

I'm a bit of a workaholic.

My problem was never with the major label, it was with the guy who we put our trust in and then wouldn't take my phone calls once we'd signed to a major label, who then quit.

- Oh no, The Collective Farm policy was a terrible struggle... Ten million (he said holding up his hands). It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

I learned from you that I do not crumble. I learned that strength is somthing you choose.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

A School Library is Like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero.