How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.

When I first started doing these roasts in the mid '90s, they were a lost art, like jousting or calligraphy. But I feel like roasts help tame the room and let off steam... It's like it's all being handled by professionals.

Being from a small farmers' town, going back and forth to Mexico, hours waiting in the line to cross back home and training for hours, that's why I represent Mexicali because it means a lot to me.

I thought the message of the artist was more important than the writing style. I tried to be clear; I wanted everyone to be welcome. I think some of the more serious writers wrote to a more elite audience than that. They're the ones who were defining the seriousness of rock n' roll.

Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.