Billy Carter

I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt.

There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others.

I've got a sister who races motorcycles and another sister who's a Holy Roller preacher.

I'm a great believer in poetry out of the classroom, in public places, on subways, trains, on cocktail napkins. I'd rather have my poems on the subway than around the seminar table at an MFA program.

Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.