I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.

Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

If some gang were threatening your family, you'd go looking for someone butch to help, right? Any maybe if your mother were sick or something, you'd find someone a bit more fey.

My mother is an immensely powerful woman.

I don't want to be a victim.

Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."