Writing was a defeat, it was a humiliation, it was coming face-to-face with yourself and seeing you weren't good enough.

Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...

Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.

Actually there were only two forms of existence, I reflected: one that was tied to a place and one that wasn't. Both had always existed. Neither could be chosen.

You’re chicken, she told herself, snapping her seat belt. This is America, you live in it, you let it happen. Let it unfurl.

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.

We at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC ... in any way, shape or form.

I'm very bad with improvisation. I hate it.

Photography and painting, all of that fed into my directing eventually.

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.

If I want to wear a long flowing dress, someone will say I'm pregnant.

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!

They say I'm greedy, but I still want more, cause my eyes want to journey.