I’ve always thought that each person invented himself… that we are each a figment of our own imagination. And some people have a greater ability to imagine than others.

Move to California. Malibu is paradise.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.

In Los Angeles, they don't want you to fail, they want you to die.

I have no talent except for being able to enjoy and recognize it in others.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.

It's not a very big thing to say, 'I made a mistake' on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can't.

I'd rather kill myself than work in the music industry today.

Your life isn't made up of people who aren't in it.

You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.

Ultimately, there can be no complete healing until we have restored our primal trust in life.

The scraps of information she’d gathered knocked against each other, like balls in a pinball machine in one of the arcades on the front. Secrets drew her in every time – the unsaid.

You´re my son, Ed. You might be idiotic and irresponsible, but it doesn´t make the slightest difference to what I feel for you. I´m pissed off that you could have thought it would

Two heads are better than one.

Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form

If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

Old age is a humble victory in this killing universe.

Have you ever noticed how people who wear camouflage gear really stand out in a crowd?

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

I choose to surround myself with happy human beings. I went through the angsty period. I think every single person does. I think it's a rite of passage to hate the world and feel like the victim.