A lot of people know that something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.

Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

You are the future and don’t waste your energy peeking into your past

Intelligent women always marry fools

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.

A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?

Chess is imagination.

I may not look it when I'm playing, but I think I'm a fun guy to hang with when I'm relaxing.

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

Tell him what? Kat’s a raging nymphomaniac. (Kytara) Tara! (Kat) Oh, all right. She’s so bland she makes plain toast look spicy. (Kytara)

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.