I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery.

I wanted to get paid to sharpen pencils originally just because I thought it would be fun.

I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.

The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'

The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.

Often pain is not real but just a perception.

When the weather's rough and it's whiskey in the rain it's best to wrap your savior up in cellophane.

The I Cing is a study in duality and what lies beyond duality.

But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine?

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

As long as you care as much as I care, you can't be ashamed of anything.

If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.

Everyone loves to be loved.

On the road to your target, move cleverly and silently; when you reached your target, be humble and silent!

Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief