"No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit current needs."

"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."

"Make the important interesting."

"I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'"

"Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter."

"When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music."

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art."