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I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.

Goats are the cable talk show panelists of the animal world, ready at a moment's notice to interject, interrupt, and opine. They have something to say about everything, little of it complimentary. They are the most impertinent animals I have ever known.

I think that the reason why 'Goats' is called 'Goats' is because you can't give direction to goats. They do what they want. That's the point of this film.

You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.

And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.

I'm terrified of goats.