I didnt know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Everything means nothing to me

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns. (75)

Without encouragement, what is the value of any meaningful relationship

A stealthy ninja monkey she was not.

Inspiration gives you a desire. Decision makes it an intention. Action makes it real.

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

Is there a God? Is there an afterlife?... I think that now, more so than ever, people are much more willing to take the time and question what's out there.

We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not.

I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.