You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair.

I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.

More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

Not that the writers weren't good. I believe in those books and those writers very much. It's just that in the climate it's really hard to keep the lights on and the doors open when you're selling poetry and literature that appeals to a fringe audience.

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in different forms and shapes. I don't know if I'm any good at it I just really go for it and I'm very prolific book wise only because I own the company. No one tells me 'no' around here.