We learned we wanted too much. We could only give from the perspective of who we were and what we had. Apart, we were able to see with even greater clarity that we didn’t want to be without each other.

We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world.

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Brando creep, or a girl laying on the floor, or a Japanese tourist, or a slob like Richard Speck. You have to be a chameleon when you're writing.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should be a beacon within. This beacon being the sun, sea, and sky, our children, our work, our companions and, most simply put, the embodiment of love.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.