Many cultures accept the faulty nature of memory. They know even the photograph only gets it halfway right. They believe there is only one way to bring the dead back to life, story.

This, I suppose, is part of being human, learning from our losses how better to appreciate what is left in their wake.

Do you want the truth or fiction?

You remember it your way and I'll remember it mine.

I don't, when I think of a city, think of these people, people with very little who are content with that. That is, I think about poverty and culture and traffic and pollution and crime...

If I drag it up from the bottom of the river, if I dig deep into that muddy floor and pull it up, even if I get most of it wrong, is it mine to tell?

Ensure that your fame doesn't bring you shame.

One thing the blues ain't, is funny.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround herself with life - it can be a superabundance of interest.

There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.

The rules are very important in a horror movie.

When I think of Spirit, I think of that mysterious force that pulls us into being, into becoming, into love. That can get political rather quickly.

Dreams don't "come true". Dreams get "made true". You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.

I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.

Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them.