We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.

I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life.

I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird.

Now you see how you are, the wisdom mixed in with all the scars.

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.

One of the most insane environments I have ever spent time in is a gun range. There we are, all in a line, armed to the teeth, firing away.

As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious