My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

All my big heroes are literary, writers.

Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics

We city dwellers, we residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, are for the most part urbanized to some extent. We know deadlines, start times and traffic.

You don't make me feel like you used to. That's why I'm leaving That's why people leave each other They come to their senses and get selfish again.

I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant.