I write to find out what I didn't know I knew.

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

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.

When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.

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.

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.