I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.

Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.

Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre. The mix seems to work well.

Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas.

After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter.

Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?

Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.

The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.

She asked me could I read and write. I told her, "Of course, and I can talk too.

God Is Great. If these three words together enshrine in our mind, heart and soul, then there is never worry, anxiety nor a fear of failure in our life.

A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade.

Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.

The simulator is an object in itself, which is different from televison and leads to cyberspace.

I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

I find many of answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.