At school I was an anti-magnet for women.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

The beauty of life is the bliss of being.

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value the other is social responsibility.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

The best defense against logic is ignorance.

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

Clearly, if wed had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color.

I didn't grow up with my dad so I don't know much at all about my heritage.

I am free to write the worst junk in the world.

I have learned when two Republicans are talking about legalizing drugs to shut up.

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.