Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.

Most screen violence is tedious.

You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom.

Everyone wants to feel that they matter.

At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't.