I think poets tell better history than historians. Historians lie all the time but the poets can get to truth of it.

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

Radical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks.