Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

All I want to be is normally insane.

I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture.

We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an individual we adamantly resist changing our opinion, even when somebody offers proof of his decency, because it's vital to have myths about both the gods and devils in our lives.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me, I've got to get out.