Bukowski said, "I know I'm good, so I like that people think I'm bad, because it gives me a dimension, effortlessly."

I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.

I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela.

My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple.

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

The greatest fear in my life was getting happy. I'm not so afraid of that anymore.

Well, I'm pretty anti legends - I just don't think they're useful. So that certainly wouldn't be my intention. But will it contribute to that? Sure. Any medicine can be mis-used. But I think that there is a great courage, innocence and magic to him that more than a legend is about connection.