Please don't think that I am one of those squishy types who can't handle reality. I have plenty of real-world things to deal with all the time. I have deadlines, meetings, I answer the phone, I get turned down, I wait in lines and am forced to pass for normal all the time.

Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.

When you start thinking as far as what's a good photo, unfortunately everything starts looking like a good photo.

All my big heroes are literary, writers.

While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline.