I do not believe in the beauty of falling.

Days go by when I do nothing but underline the damp edge of myself.

If I could/bind myself to this moment, to the slow//snare of its scent/what would it matter if I became//just the flutter of page/in a text someone turns//to examine me/in the wrong color?

Without you my air tastes like nothing. For you I hold my breath.

You can’t have two worlds in your hands and choose emptiness.

There’s plenty that poetry cannot do. But the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do.

Whatever begins to exist has a cause.

How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.

What is Tantric Zen? Well, I don't think I can give you a straight answer, since I don't happen to be a very straight Zen master.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since they were in third grade."

Heroism is the antidote to evil.

Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing.

I eat whatever I want, junk food included.