We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how

maybe somebody finally shot the dog.

Kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?"This translates roughly to: "How the hell did these people win the Cold War?

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age

We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always going to be that fragile place in our heart.

Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.

Enjoy your obscurity while it lasts.

Know your own happiness.

Any job that posts a price list for your body parts is a bad job.

I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.

Poetry, I'm often told, is something made of words. I think it really goes the other way around: words are made of poetry.

I love life, and I have a lot of gratitude. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but my sense of humor gets me through a lot.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.