Art does what reality cannot.

Halls are full of strangers, even when you recognize the faces.

Success is seasonal.

We are flawed creatures with explosive feelings that subconsciously aspire to be non-violent sociopaths.

Stay inside your head long enough and you may get trapped there.

You know Schmeckle, people are like feet. Most everyone has a pair and yet feet are so unique. So, we must treat all people with respect and accept their unique way.

I'm a suck-it-up-and-move-on kind of person. Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination.

My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.

I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

Is there anything more terrible than perpetual motion, than doing and doing and doing, without a reason, without a consciousness, without a change, without an end?

Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse.