From one end to the other I have identified with various forms of spirituality. I was a Jew, then a God-hater. I was an atheist, then a Christian, for which I was called a traitor.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

Here's a sigh to those who love me And a smile to those who hate And whatever sky's above me Here's a heart for every fate.

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.

Emotional affairs, those are the only real affairs; those are the real ones.

But of course I love my Japanese fans and the show must go on, no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! It's not right but it's okay

Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.

Not a single gun was used at the Oklahoma bombing.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface