Long live the new flesh.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab.

All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true.

I can't imagine a life without humor. Especially if you have an existential understanding of life, you must acknowledge the absurdity of it all.

My understanding of life is very existential. I think that we are our bodies. There's nothing else, and when we die, that's it. No afterlife.

I like to laze around. I think that's a huge part of creativity. You have to let your mind relax and then another part of your brain suddenly connects with the solution you're trying to find.

Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.

When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming.

Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death.

You born to be happy, so love everyone like a happy puppy.

A fiery little cat you are, Caecelia. Like a lioness in heat, oh how you bloom.

I was never trained for anything

We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.

When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.

The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside.

The typical modern has the look of the hunted.

You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.

Americans suffer from mono-lingual myopia - a disease of the tongue that affects the vision.