I had never been so extravagantly proud of having blood that clotted.

But bringing people together is what music has always done best.

Monogamous musicians are like vegan hockey players.

...don't be afraid to fall. Your wings will catch you.

No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.

I had this client I'll call Samuel. Not his real name. I saw him steadily for twenty years, usually twice a month. Over twenty years you really get to know someone.

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play.

The Wire' is very realistic and based on real events.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn't seem right.

I love people. People are lovely creatures. I'm one myself, so I love to see people happy.