I don't believe in tame poetry. . . . Poetry busts guts.

No one knows how to love anybody's trouble.

I'll just bleed so the stars can have something dark to shine in

before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signsthey enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an imageas much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave

That's the mark of true friends. That we might not see each other for a year but when we do it's as if we were never apart.

The third level of prayer, which is much more serious is knocking

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

Praying is not about asking; it's about listening... It is just opening your eyes to see what was there all along.

You were standin' way too close to see it fall apart. And there were things you couldn't hear, 'cause you were listening with your heart.

Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.

A lot of times, working in stand up, youre by yourself ,and so you just have to rely on yourself only but I like working in an ensemble.

Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

There seems to be no air in the air she breaths.