I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author!

I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

I think I don't invest so much time in thinking about people's sexuality. I just take people as individuals.

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.