Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio

Ya' know, these days kids seem to be getting younger and younger.

Fiction either moves mountains or it's boring; it moves mountains or it sits on its ass.

Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.

It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.

An ad that pretends to be art is – at absolute best – like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because he wants something from you.

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.