Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement.

I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than the perverse immediate gratification.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.

It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.

The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.

I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical ideas.

I think it's better to just say nothing at all than to just send two words.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

My dad was a big car guy. If you wanted to spend time with my dad, he was working on the car.

As believers, you don't need to pray for a new heart, you need to pray for a new head.

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.

Interacting with fans has become one of my favorite things.

Call me crazy, but there's just something cheering about seeing huge raptors tear into Eraser flesh.

... if you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.

Too often we spend our time in the past or the future. We need to learn to live now - mentally as well as physically and spiritually.

Let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the information of others.

Falling drops will at last wear away stone.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.