Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.

I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.

I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.

The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.

Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine.