It's hard to judge literary merit.

Anywhere you hang yourself is home.

I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation.

If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available.

If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.