Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
“I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.”
“I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.”