I believe that capitalism, at least how it's used by major corporations, and environmental concerns are in opposition. To be ecologically aware, productivity of many things would slow down at least for awhile. Stockholders don't want to hear about the saving of the whales or some stream in Kentucky. They want a return on their investment.

Life forgets me but will not let me forget Holds me down and tells me that I'm free.

You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

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.

Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.