“If you can control yourself sexually, you can control yourself. Period.”

Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You’re not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.

No matter how strong a condom is, it won’t protect you from a broken heart.

I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I’m sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.

People expect a nice period piece, but that’s not always the case. There’s a deep human mystery in his work.

the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

You’re not surviving if you’re not on social media, period.

Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.

Poetry has always mattered, through human history, through all kinds of cultures, all kinds of violence and human desolation, as well as periods of great human affirmation.

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

Nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period.