Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.

With my stuff, I think I've tried. I've been courted. I don't want to sound like an asshole, but I've been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books.

I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.

Fellini is a just a province kid. Rome exists for Fellini, not the other way around.

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.

Most of the answers to the world could be answered with our bodies.