The poems are part of my attempt to understand being in the world in an honest way.

[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.

Each meeting occurs at the precise moment for which it was meant. Usually, when it will have the greatest impact on our lives.

Lucas took a tentative sip of his coffee. It tasted like an otter had pissed in a tea urn and it had been left to go stale over a prolonged period.

The structure of our identity determines how we show up as a leader, how we deploy ourselves into circumstances.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

When anything goes, it's women who lose.

We are to be shut out from men, and shut in with God.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

I throw a lot more punches than Floyd [ Mayweather]. He's very efficient with his punches and when he throws he lands a very high percentage but he's not exceptionally busy every round.

It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes.