Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill.

Hate lawyers all you want. Unlike you, we'll never be replaced with robots. Case closed!

The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.

If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets and they all have an opinion.

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

I just always look for stuff that has a character-driven thing.

I'm very good at being out of work.

What was your greatest challenge? Staying alive as a business, staying ahead of the game, and melding my business life with my personal life.

I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous.

And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.