To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.

The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.