I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.
Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.
Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic.
I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.
I like to go wakeboarding. It's my new favorite sport. It's like skiing but on a snowboard that has little shoes on it.
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.
Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.
My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.
I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.
I've always been in love with Land Rovers and Range Rovers. I own one and was able to make it a little more exclusive.
After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.
I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.
Nothing's too girly and nothing's too masculine. But I do love color, and maybe that's a little girly - especially pink.
At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again.
I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
