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I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.

We've learned a bunch of things; when you send a message to people, keep those messages short. Imagine walking up to a girl in a bar and going into a four-minute speech about how great you are. No one wants to hear that.

My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.

Ideally, I'm also sending a message that everything passes, even hope, and sometimes you have to be patient while you wait for it to come back around again.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.