And yet one can't forever stand on the shore; at some point, even if filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere.

Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. But if you can't walk away? I guess that's when it's tough.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget.

They know your name, address, telephone number, credit card numbers, who ELSE is driving the car "for insurance", ... your driver's license number. In the state of Massachusetts, this is the same number as that used for Social Security, unless you object to such use. In THAT case, you are ASSIGNED a number and you reside forever more on the list of "weird people who don't give out their Social Security Number in Massachusetts."

If you analyse anything, you destroy it.