I collect words--they are sweets in the mouth of sound.

It's the fricking reality that destroys plans.

I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your self-worth had nothing to do with what you looked like.

Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.

It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.

And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.

There's a freeway running through the yard.

Economists did something even better than predict the crisis. We correctly predicted that we would not be able to predict it.