I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time. Use this quote
I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred. Use this quote
Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers. Use this quote
Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company. Use this quote
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Use this quote
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Use this quote
When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad. Use this quote
My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion. Use this quote
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. Use this quote
I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight. Use this quote
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture. Use this quote
I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved. Use this quote
Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry. Use this quote
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Use this quote
Parenting is an impossible job at any age. Use this quote
You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable. Use this quote
Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it. Use this quote
My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us. Use this quote
I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way. Use this quote
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Use this quote
