Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world?

When the image is new, the world is new.

Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as though with their growth it too increased.

We must listen to poets.

The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed.

For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates.

I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Wolves in shells are crueler than stray ones.

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.

To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself.

The record business. It’s exactly what it is-Record-Busin ess. You have to take care of both, or they won’t take care of you.

I had a hard time going back to school after T2. I really didnt want to go to private school.

Ignorance is a voluntary condition.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous and you cannot take anything for granted.

Passion is not well bred.

As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want to direct.

Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.

I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.