I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.

Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.

One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.

I love spaghetti and sex, sometimes together. My dream of heaven is walking naked through fields of pasta fazool.

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

Let's have a merry journey, and shout about how light is good and dark is not. What we should do is not future ourselves so much. We should now ourselves. "Now thyself" is more important than "know thyself." Reason is what tells us to ignore the present and live in the future. So all we do is make plans. We think that somewhere there are going to be green pastures. It's crazy. Heaven is nothing but a grand, monumental instance of future. Listen, now is good. Now is wonderful.