"My poems and prose are not often in direct conversation with each other, but there's so much crossover - everything that comes out of that crucible of language - that working in poetry and prose is energizing - to me as a writer and to the work itself."

“Why limit yourself to just one best friend?”

“Unquestionably, however, something else is at work, something that cuts deeper into the American psyche. We have a profound hatred of the weak and the poor, and a corresponding groveling terror before the rich and successful, and we're building a bureaucracy to match those feelings.”

Source : Matt Taibbi (2014). “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap”, p.13, Spiegel & Grau

“I probably spend six hours on just my mascara. I like to get that "Hi I want to ******* kill you" look.”

“Willow: Hey, clothes. Tara: Better not get used to 'em.”

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”

“Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?”

Source : "What I've Learned: Loretta Lynn" By Andy Ward, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

“I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.”