There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.

Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it.

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.

My parents are very democratic and liberal people who made the mistake of being democratic and liberal in the upbringing of their children! And in my case, they are still paying for it! Paying in the literal sense as well.

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.

My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him.

I've gotten to learn what's important in life and what's not important, and what to spend energy on and what not to. I don't have a family like some of my teammates, but I have a lot of things pulling at me that I have to put my energy into.