In Italy we have not a Common law legal system, we have a stupid one instead!

You learn almost as much about a thinker from what he reads—in particular, what he likes and what he disdains—as from what he writes himself.

Seeing him again had been a gut punch.

My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.

I'm famous, so I can't, like, really walk around in malls and stuff like that. I don't really have as much privacy.

It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.

Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.

Now they have banging guitar and no bass and call it rock, but that's not what I call rock.

You have a very open relationship with your fans." "Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers.

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.