And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.