I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we manage not to see it. That's why I love coffee shops and public places - I mean, they're all out there.

We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.

They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But if you get rid of that negativity, which goes away naturally when you transcend every day, these ideas are more freely flowing, and you get happy in the doing. You get fresh and inspiring ideas, and a bigger picture starts to emerge of the world and life. It's very good for the artist, businessman, fisherman, and any kind of person really.

It’s better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you’ll be too afraid to let things keep happening.

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

I like darkness and confusion and absurdity, but I like to know that there could be a little door that you could go out into a safe life area of happiness.