August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.

So many Americans, for one reason or another, they watch the news and it doesn't really give them the idea of the world. Or they don't read or travel. They have no idea that America is part of the world and not the world itself.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

You can say, "Well, I have a question," and someone will say, "Oh, so you hate America." And it has nothing to do with the discussion at all.

There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations.

There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

I think of the thrill of an intelligent woman talking just to me.