I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

I am the breeze. I drift and I wander. I meet people and i touch their hearts. but people don't stay with me. They leave me. And I keep on drifting and keep on wandering. That's my life.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.

Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.

Leaders should be the chief repenters.

We've got to convince our egos and our minds that if we want to live happy lives, love is more important than anything else!

A leader is someone who demonstrates what's possible.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes - I'm often very much inspired by things that I misunderstand.