I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

That's right, I am a book kisser.

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

I got hundreds of emails insulting me, accusing me of being some caveman. I am by no means a Luddite. I have two iPods. I have a cell phone. I have cable TV, HDTV!

Nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And in this country [US], magazines, newspapers, and bookstores are drowning polar bears. And if people can't see that or don't want to talk about it, I don't understand them at all.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.