I Don't Agonize Over Decisions

It's Supposed To Feel Good To Throw A Brick At The Right People. There Is A Long Tradition Of Naming And Ridiculing And Shaming And Calling The Villains What They Are. Usually It Was The Artistocracy Of The Day And Satire Was The Only Way To Speak Truth To Power.

Hopefully As You Get Older You Get More Selfless. That Would Be Probably A Good Goal. I Don't Know If We Do, Though.

The Reason Bin Laden Staggered The Planes Going Into The Towers Was So Every Camera Would Be Focused On The Second Tower When The Plane Hit. It Was Not Only The Murder, But The Perpetual Image Of The Horror That Permeated Into People's Consciousness.

The More You Expose Yourself As A Celebrity, The Less Interesting You Are To Watch In Your Work, Because If You're Putting Yourself Out There All The Time, You're Not Holding Anything Back.

Poets Are Political, They Have To Be Reflections Of Their Times [because] They're Living In Their Times... Poetry Is Political In That It's Standing In Opposition To Fascism. Good Poetry Asks A Bunch Of Questions And Asks The Audience To Interact With Themselves Or See Themselves In It; Maybe You Like It Or You Don't Like It. But The Fascist Sort Of Stuff Plays On Your Fears And Tells You To Jump On The Party Line And Gives Some Simple Excuses - Blame This Person.