As a very young person, I was ready and willing to explore and try new things, unhampered by the daily routines that adults so often feel obligated to adhere to.

It's a wonder Hell don't open up and swallow her as the highlight of the service.

You'll never avoid every mistake. All you can do is try to do your best and live with the consequences.

Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I think I would have more fun chopping thistles with a butter knife.

I cannot explain, nor must an artist defend his work or elucidate in such a way the reeling audience can fathom, brutes that they are.

The floating world is the realm of the graphic designer

You don't want your neurosurgeon to have doubts about the meaning of it all while he or she is operating on your brain.

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

I like the idea of R-rated franchises.

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceive who can see nothing more in a quotation than an extract.

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

There was no one left to speak for me.

There are two kinds of individuals on Planet Earth who do not have beards - women and youth.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.