Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed.

I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.

If you want to know the real reasons behind that attitude, think of the thought behind that attitude

Happiness depends on ourselves.

A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules.

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

I want to look back. To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pleading with Hannah. Stop!

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them.