But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving.

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.

What we desire, more than a season or weather, is the comfort
Of being strangers, at least to ourselves.

I tend to think of the organ as part of the rhythm section, rather than a frontline voice.

As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.

A lot of people think I'm snotty. So what? They never asked me out when I was serving cheeseburgers.