My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea.

I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better production, but I like songs that sound like they're timeless.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

Growing up, I didn't know my parents were famous. I just thought they knew everybody. Everyone was always saying, 'Hi, Billy,' 'Hi, Christie.' I thought they were just popular.

There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.

Fight for what you want out of this one life.

Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.

As a general rule. it's a comfort issue, literally and metaphorically. And intimacy issue. It's a big step, putting on foreign underwear. Like betrayal, or emigration.

Please stop sniffing the robot boy, Noemi tells herself, jerking out of the trance.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.

Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip

I think most video game movies have a problem, because they do try and have one foot in one door and another foot in a completely door.

Language is the house of Being. In its home man dwells. Those who think and those who create with words are the guardians of this home.

I can never accomplish what I want - only what I would have wanted had I thought of it beforehand.

Happiness has a very short half-life.