Most Sex Is Not Really Intimate.

You Don't Get To Choose What You Get Famous For And You Don't Get To Control Which Of Your Life's Many Struggles Gets To Stand For You.

Each One An Antidote To The One That Went Before. Each One A Reaction, An About-face, A Rebound.

Every Time We Hit An Air Pocket And The Plane Dropped About Five Hundred Feet (leaving My Stomach In My Mouth) I Vowed To Give Up Sex, Bacon, And Air Travel If I Ever Made It Back To Terra Firma In One Piece.

I Never Became A Writer For The Money. I Am A Poet First. Even Getting Published Is A Miracle For Poets.

Tis True That Tho' People Can Transcend Their Characters In Times Of Tranquillity, They Can Ne'er Do So In Times Of Tumult.