When I Write, I Tend To Twist

Whining Is Just Unbecoming.

There Is No Greater Agony Than Bearing An Untold Story Inside You.

If Somebody Is Really Trying To Take Your Head Off With A Baseball Bat - I Don't Know How Long You're Supposed To Stand There And Turn The Other Cheek, So He Or She Can Get A Better Angle At Taking Your Head Off.

I Find In My Poetry And Prose The Rhythms And Imagery Of The Best - I Mean, When I'm At My Best - Of The Good Southern Black Preachers. The Lyricism Of The Spirituals And The Directness Of Gospel Songs And The Mystery Of Blues Are In My Music Or In My Poetry And Prose, Or I Missed Everything.

When Things Were Very Bad His Soul Just Crawled Behind His Heart And Curled Up And Went To Sleep