When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.