As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself.

My days are whatever I want them to be. I don't have to go worry about chasing some chemical to make me feel OK for a minute, and then make me feel worse.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

She’d fallen into a deep silence once, when the sun appeared, and it was then he’d wondered most what she was thinking.

So you realized that there were always women in tears, or a red-headed man, or something else to spoil your effects?""Yes, naturally.

I don't even have a clue as to where to find a pregnancy test. I'm looking at all the aisles... they don't have one that says 'oops.

I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life.

I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.

In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

College is a secluded life of scholastic vegetation