I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical ideas.

I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than the perverse immediate gratification.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.

Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement.

It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.

The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.

I think it's better to just say nothing at all than to just send two words.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

To keep a warm heart in a cold world is the real victory.

I close my eyes, hoping to lose myself in the darkness but strangely, all I see are colors. How’s that even possible? I'm going blind from my arousal.

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

There is no fear in Silicon Valley right now.

So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.

Jane Eyre "I desired more...than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

It would be great if teenagers could make movies. It's sad how some writers think they can write about stuff they don't understand.