Never give in to peer pressure, especially if the peer is not attractive.

If things are really overwhelming and you need to talk, you can give me a call at 347-273-2044.

Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God!

Where others saw gloom, I saw light or lit a candle.

I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.

Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women.

Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.

Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work.

But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.

I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation.

You're dealing immense, acute amounts of fear, which makes the rest of life a little bit easier. You don't sweat the small stuff so much.