The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and I’ll repeat them after him. I think that would be so great because I’m so empty I just can’t think of anything to say.

I think Chris Burden is terrific. I really do.

Bad taste makes the day go by faster.

I always think about what it means to wear eyeglasses. When you get used to glasses you don't know how far you could really see. I think about all the people before eyeglasses were invented. It must have been weird because everyone was seeing in different ways according to how bad their eyes were. Now, eyeglasses standardize everyone's vision to 20-20. That's an example of everyone becoming more alike. Everyone could be seeing at different levels if it weren't for glasses.

I really do live for the future, because when I'm eating a box of candy, I can't wait to taste the last piece.

Buying is more American than thinking, and I'm as American as they come.

James Dean was the damaged but beautiful soul of our time.