I hear poetry whenever I turn on the radio. Eminem is a better poet than just about everybody. He's better than Billy Collins; he's better than Richard Wilbur; he's better than me.

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

I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.

Is God a man or a woman? God could be an armadillo. I have no idea.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives are just as complicated as ours. They might have a few less tools to deal with it because they're young, but the emotions are all the same, and the subject matter is all the same.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.