people think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.

you don't deal with time. Time deals with you.

Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.

Parenting is a sacred responsibility with the sobering reality, of raising scholars or scars.

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.

I have some anger issues.

I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle to come from that perspective.

I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.

I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.

Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.

The river taught us how to listen with a silent heart, with a waiting open soul.

Just remember if we get caught, you're deaf and I don't speak English.