I have no intention of dying young and being some stinking rock'n'roll person.

Kurt had this dumb suicidal ideation - that's what I called it. I thought if we could live through this, we could live through anything.

I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object and to this day it mystifies me.

Cocaine is like really evil coffee.

Only dumb people are happy.

I wish I was beautiful or at least wise, but I’m simply mad and violent.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel.

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

This was the way he had to go

Writing has freed me from the despair of living.

The world no longer lets me love, My hope and treasure are above.

You're never more like Jesus than when you're giving.

Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my pictures where there is such a strong signature, yet with a set of rigorous rules to it.

When you have been close to death it makes you think about life.

The collection under my name is an exciting opportunity to really express my own aesthetic and connect with a very different consumer.

Painting is very interesting.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.