I first met (Bob Dylan) in '65. We've had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was making in New York. We were just friends playing together.

You just can’t live in Texas/if you don’t have a lot of soul.

When I was in Canada, I had a lot of time to think.

I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us. - Oromis

Listen, " Mac interrupted, "you still have to knock it out of the park. But it's a degree-of-difficulty thing. You're doing a triple lutz and she's skating. You're the Sasha Cohen here.

I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.

He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream.

I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.

I am against government by crony.

If you are a novelist of a certain type of termperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist except he was a Realist.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.

I discovered that what most people call creepy, scary, and spooky, I call comfy, cozy, and home.