All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.

Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary.

These are the times, the times of our own, these are the shapes the world we formed.

I find it painful when I'm without anything. But I work in multiple fields. If I can't write, I find myself taking photographs. I can go on the road and perform. But the most important thing for me is writing, and when I hit those walls, it's painful.