If we really want to be full and generous in spirit we have no choice but to...
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that for a minute the clouds...
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the...
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the...
Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is you need...
Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right...
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls because I...
My father is a chemist my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us...
Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
I have two ideas for novels at the moment neither of them all that...
Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people...
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have...
I can support going in after Saddam Hussein but I want to make sure I don't...
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday let alone 10 years ago.
And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and candidly across the country where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government county government local government has done all they can with the money we already give them rather than the money that we have before.