I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.

That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.

The Bible says there is a certain pleasure in sin.However, it is short-lived and fatal.

Without love no life left on earth.

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Not federal government's job to do good deeds.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

It is not that the intellect sometimes misunderstands. Rather, the intellect always misunderstands. It is not that the intellect sometimes errs, it is that the intellect is the error.

It's twilight. It’s the safest time of day for us. The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way...the end of another day, the return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don’t you think?