I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room.

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

I don't like talk and I don't like talkers. Like Ma Barker. That's what she always said, 'Ma Barker doesn't like talk and she doesn't like talkers.' She just sat there with her gun.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

The face, not the woman is the attraction.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.

Time is in the mind, space is in the mind. The law of cause and effect is also a way of thinking. In reality all is here and now and all is one. Multiplicity and diversity are in the mind only.