Rocks are more co-operative than people.

As a man I'd been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.

Der, die, das, dem, den, des. German's six ways of saying 'the', like six sexual positions you never knew existed. Hey, I just sprung a boner.

Sarcasm is the language of people whose emotions are dying.

There should be a connection between a man's hairstyle and what matters to him in life.

In our lifetimes, we can only know a small portion of what exists. The world is endless and its treasures are inexhaustible.

I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.

But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.

The ridiculous is closer to life's source than the sensible.

Wind is what happens when air falls in love with itself.

But once you describe something, you destroy it.

Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger on my husband and my boy. I will not let harm come to either of them.

For the evil our government does, tinfoil hats are simply not required, and are indeed a detriment.

He gave me a small, secretive smile, a smile that said he knew many things but couldn’t share them all at once.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).

I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination decides it needs to take a nap. maybe that's what it needs to do.

The top of the band would be happiness, contentment and peace of mind.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

This is how you control your domestic population - by making people afraid and by identifying an enemy.

I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it in public spaces in ways that I felt I couldn't when I was teaching here fifteen years ago.