But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.

I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may be.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just that thing.

I'm the only person you've ever met who has read Longfellow.