More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato.

Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.

My very first tattoo was for my dog, Zora, who died in my arms in New York. Right where her heart stopped beating I got a "Z".

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

It is the intelligent and highly educated that agonize over their limitations.

One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.