I would have to say that I’m haunted. I’m haunted by everything that drives me. I want to do great work. I need to do great work. I won’t be satisfied unless I do great work.

Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.

No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to.

The pen isn’t really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon.

Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life.

[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me?

[I've] learned how to pull the mic away and attack the poetry with my body.

The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could not pay him the tribute of hostility.

It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it.....The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself.

You can’t take anything in life WAY too seriously...Even the serious stuff!

Regardless, I did rise to the editorship before embarking on a freelance career in the late '60's.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

I grew up on 'Lawrence' and 'Zhivago'. A legacy with not one but multiple timeless classics.

Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves.

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.