The only way he could truly stick out in New Orleans was if he were walking down the street on fire.

He turned around to see the bass drum popping and the horn sections pointing their instruments to the balconies and sending glorious notes to the rooftops.

The morning sun in New Orleans felt like it was trying to make a point, convincing the old world to believe something new.

He sunk his head down, looking like a defeated giant out of some fairy tale.

Toulouse Street ran one way toward the Mississippi River. Jackson looked over [Imogene's] head into one of those famous New Orleans courtyards, full of lush foliage, mossy brick, secrets, and wonder.

Buddy ran down the road, turned into another street, and vanished as if he had never been there, like another ghost from New Orleans's past.

The carriage could only clop along at about ten miles per hour, which only accentuated Imogene’s excitement. She urged it onward: "Fly, horse, fly!

The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness.

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.

Know who you are, feed the flower.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

she’s mad, but she’s magic.

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

You can't stop things like Bitcoin. [...]. It's like trying to stop gunpowder.

I must be cruel, only to be kind.