Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so.

one does not remember one’s own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us

In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.

Passion is a strong emotion and the enthusiasm to do something.

I love when truth is stranger than fiction. It authenticates my wild imagination.

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.

Anytime odds get stacked up against me, I feel like it's in me to beat it

A room to myself is a luxury that I do not always enjoy.

I don't think there is a single sentence in this whole book [East of Eden] that does not either develop character, carry on the story or provide necessary background.

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.

I live between two things-I live between art and pop all the time.

Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.