If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

The visceral nature of hard rock music, the fact that you can have this sledge hammering sound - and that you can hook a lyric up and a feeling up to something and make the lyric jump into this machine that crushes. That has always been really attractive to me, that kind of power.

I think I am the most impressed with writing styles that defy category, like Kharms or Selby, Breton or Jarry, where you become as interested in the writer as much as the writing itself. It's all these things that make reading so appealing to me.

There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it's impossible to turn back.

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.