I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.

After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have to have an understanding and insight of the human condition that is informed and motivated by a desire to immerse yourself in the human world and bring these stories to bear.

I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities.

The talking shows allow me to come out of my cave and that's why those shows go on for so long. I hate walking off stage. Sometimes I walk off and I miss them as I'm walking off the stage. I wonder if they'll let me go another hour. That's why I do it: to communicate, to get points across.

When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done.

He looked at her Something Turned cancerous He was in love.

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.