As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that you can communicate with people and it's instant.

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

The most political thing you can do is be yourself

I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we're all gonna get ugly.

I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people.

Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.

After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.

Everything I think in life is about context and intention.

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously

Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] - things that you probably shouldn't like.

Feeling awful is physiological you say.God I hate you, I say. Yes you can find the neurons for feeling awful. Do you think you can find the neurons for the fact I hate you?

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.

There is redemption in every song.

When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.

My female protagonist will not be this promiscuous, beautiful, dark-haired, thin lady. It will be a plump, blond, healer and so forth.

The unknown is always frightening.

No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.