Rather than numbing or drowning out the difficult-to-describe but urgently sensed feelings that are part of being human, poetry invites us to tease them out, to draw them into language that is rooted in intricate thought and strange impulse.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.

Despite the heart numbing frost, my soul is blooming like spring.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring numbing it makes you feel like an idiot.