I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states.

I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.

You never know when you're making a memory.

It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart.

I get weary of reading about rebirths because we're all growing all the time and it diminishes the life you've lived if you say 'I'm a new person.

In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.

For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus.

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.

There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best.

My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home.

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.

Marriages are like pianos. They go in and out of tune.

You're the one person whose opinion I care about. When I'm with you, the past dissappears, and I'm a better person.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

Look how ridiculous are Americans. They blame us for everything.

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes

You cant take good health for granted.

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.