And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I think it's hard to be taken seriously as a poet, period.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.

I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you