Writing is not some quiet, closet act.
The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to play rock 'n' roll to motivate others, to shake things up, wake people up and to let other skinny, pimply marginalized weirdos know they're not alone.
I realize that people need something to believe in.
Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love.
I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.
We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minutes. We have to allow ourselves nothingness, in our relationships too.