My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal.

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.