I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

Short fiction is the medium I love the most because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision the ability to say something as vividly as possible - but also the ability to create a narrative that though lacking a novel's length satisfies the reader.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Men seldom or rather never for a length of time and deliberately rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

People used to say my son looked like a Mexican Biggie. And when he was first born memories of Biggie... you know we didn't always have the greatest days. For at least half the length of our marriage we were separated so everyday was definitely not a good day.

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years but on your will.