I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost the sense that my artistic expression was worthy.

I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

Every experience makes you grow.

When you get into your 40s, it's all about lighting. It's hard. You have to face whether the way you look is your self-worth or not. Once you get beyond that, it's all about what's in your heart.

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that's the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day.

The best way to prepare for life is acombination of formal traditional education, reading, seminars, and workshops, coupled with experience as well as tapping into the knowledge of experienced people.

Do not cry that it is our duty to serve you. We do not recognize such duty. Do not cry that you need us. We do not consider need a claim. Do not cry that you own us. You don’t.

I don't deal with hypotheticals. I deal with reality.

The world's history is the world's judgment.

When I have the opportunity, I want to perform the guitar live for my fans. Please expect that!

Your thoughts are as free as any bird

If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.

Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war.

Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.

You may have the right to live anyway you like, but you don't have a right to have other people like it. Respect it or pay for it.