You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on that primal experience.

This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.

I don't really have any position to complain about my job. Yeah, every job has its moments like, "Ah, you know, it's Wednesday." But I'm blessed. I love my work.

I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK.

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.