I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

sacred knowledge of the cosmos seems to be hidden within our souls and is shown within our artwork and creative expressions.

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

Give me an athlete and I'll give you an army.

The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.

I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.

I know that I'm dealing with some kind of wound through my music.

To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it.

No one can keep a mask on long.

I'm a pretty serious Independent.