I remember the revelation it was to me when I realized I'd rather be smart in the way Elvis Presley was than in the way, say, Ludwig Wittgenstein was. The thing was, you could imagine you could be smart like Wittgenstein by just thinking hard enough, but Elvis just had it. It was almost spiritual. A kind of grace.

A memoir is a book about some particular thread or theme or moment in a person's life, whereas an autobiography is the entire life.

The purpose of rock n' roll is to convince girls to pay money to get close to you.

It's really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially - to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level of appreciation of them is always shifting and changing over the years.

I decided I wanted out because it was killing me, and I couldnt see where to go with it that wouldnt be fatal.

An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end.

I love a good play, but they're too hard to find.