The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living.

I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it also reflects our psychic reality.

The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.

I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all up to thee.

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.

And what can I tell you, my brother, my killer, what can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way

I noticed that when I was on Prozac my relationship with the landscape improved. I actually stopped thinking about myself for a minute or two, because most of the thoughts one has about oneself are involved with desire or loneliness or isolation or strategies to overcome them.