As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.

Art is about paying attention.

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?

Herbs may be bitter, but cure.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

People say, "How do you write songs?" I say, "Patience." I may have a track that's hot, but no words. I'll just let it sit for years, because I know they're going to meet. They'll find it.

What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.

I'm pretty adaptable and can adjust to any environment.

The idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.

Circumstances and crises are God's tools to move you into your purpose and the maximizing of your potential.

We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls.

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

I understand that we should never lose our right to be offended, so I accept it. But for me it was always a study of human behavior because if we just demonize it, it becomes unreal.