You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.

My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.

In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.

We all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.

Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.

I hate to create cynicism about politicians. We just need to invade. Regular people need to run for office and keep their balls and ovaries intact.

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.