My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

Success is ever so dangerous. Once you rise to success, it's so easy to stop doing the things that made you successful.

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll.

Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and I hoped for a chance to perform as a soloist.

To me, marriage is partly a religious thing and I'm not religious.