The first quality that is needed is audacity.
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
Is this a kissing book?
Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me.
The country is in an extraordinary ferment.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
My mother was an exuberant, silly lady.
Such as we are made of, such we be.
The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
The child is the father of the man.
I work differently than most people.
Work is what saves you.
We work to become, not to acquire.
I like taking the subway to work.
There are elements of irony in my work, of course.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.
I don't have to announce all the women I've slept with.
We've gotten probably 40 women who have offered to be surrogates.
A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
