When you're holding people's attention, I feel you must give them high-quality ingredients. They deserve nothing but your best. And if they need information, get it, cross-check it, and try to be right. Do not waste their time; do not enjoy the ego trip of being onstage.

We Americans look funny when we're in France because we don't travel, we are fairly un-cultured whereas Europeans go to Africa all the time because it's right there.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there's a good deal of inspiration to be had as well.

When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you.