I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

Craft is part of the creative process.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.

The mind I love most must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.