I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I don't need a reason to kill myself-I need a reason not to.

I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

For me, something dangerous would be playing thebabe in a huge studio film. That would be terrifying because I'dstink... I want to explore human beings on as deep a level as I can.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

Even if the role is very far away from me, to try and make it as nakedly me as possible is an intriguing notion.

It usually takes about two and a half weeks after you're done filming where you kind of return to yourself again.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

All things considered, the happiest epitaph to have etched on one's headstone is this: 'He never knew what hit him'.

It’s the one thing they can’t do. They can make you say anything – anything – but they can’t make you believe it. They can’t get inside you.

I get up in the morning, look around, arrange and rearrange things, and imagine how I might like them to look. Why doesn't everybody?

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.

In wildness is the salvation of the world.

A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The nuclear arms race is like two people sitting in a pool of gasoline spending all their time making matches.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.