I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if you believe those things? Prove to me that you’re better than the rabbits we ate last night.

You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

Whoever you are, be that person with all your might. Time goes by faster than we thought. It is a thief so quiet. You must let yourself be loved and you must love, parts of you that never loved must open and love. You must announce yourself in all particulars so you can have yourself.

I wake my wife up at 3 a.m. and say, "Listen to this!"

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.