The idea of being in the desert is fundamental, but it's totally relative, and it's about that membrane: the way that one defines self versus the environment.

I think there's an interesting line drawn towards extreme environments, and the way I define extreme is through a sense of otherness. Or foreignness.

The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.

Poetry makes sense of the parts of human experience that are confusing and not decodable in any other way. It makes accessible the inaccessible.

Sometimes I'm inspired by the material and sometimes there's an idea that speaks to a material.

There's always a moment that tilts the scales of the project, and it's always different in every project.

I was born in a small clapboard house on an island, but I also have certain privileges that I didn't have when I was on the island. So that dichotomy again is actually really crucial.

I think it's every artist's nature to want to escape. It's also human nature in a way, depending on your personality, to want to get away from it all.

I think being an artist and taking on those challenges is just how it is for me. Because I was always a foreigner, I was always the outsider.

I think if art has one underlying value, it's that.

…victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us.

That's a very admirable quality in a wife. The ability to admit she is in the wrong.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.

The family is a creation of God. The way to strengthen the nation is to strengthen the homes of the people.

If Mr. Trump gets precisely the policies he says he wants, then the economy will suffer a recession.

There are three answers to prayer: yes, no, and wait a while. It must be recognized that no is an answer.

And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps us alert--- and their absence keeps us grateful.

Promote yourself, but do not demote another.