An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die

Fashion wasn't what you wore someplace anymore; it was the whole reason for going.

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good.

The society of girls is a very delightful thing, Copperfield. It's not professional, but it's very delightful.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot

I leaned back against him and rested my cheek on his shoulder. I could feel the river water dripping off of him. "Thank you" I whispered. When I looked up, I saw he was crying.

Truth is but approved facts.

People are not what they seem to be according to their looks.

Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.