I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there. (Bono)

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.