I've got a black-belt in crazy, and I know where you live.

All of us change. Everyone in this world, from birth to death, becomes someone new. Again and again, we are remade.

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind.

Moscow was, as some said, the most beautiful mistress a man could ever want, but never cross her: like any good woman, she might just cut off your balls for the hell of it.

Miracles pass and I see. Great wonders speak and I listen.

Being alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that.

The one thing about being a creator, about being an artist, is that you get to explore your ideas. We're fortunate that we're in the position to do that, and I don't take it for granted.

Nice characters are boring! I like writing upbeat characters - that's my natural tendency.

Nice characters are boring!

Religion was no cure for dysfunction.

The soul keeps on wandering!

Skinny-dipping is like Paris. It's always a good idea.

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.

There is nothing more inspiring than having a mind unfold before you. Let people teach who have a calling. It is never just a job.

Im not the type of person to point fingers at anybody, and I dont want anybody saying anything to me. There are situations where balls are bounced to your feet you dont say anything.

I crawled into my book and pulled the pages over my head.

I thought, I might not look my best, I've forgotten half the words to my songs and I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress, but I've just got to get out there and do it.

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.

The danger with playing someone tough is that the character can become two-dimensional and mean and nobody likes her.

I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people.