No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us

There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...

Never go anywhere without condiments. Condiments are our friends.

The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising.

Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem.

Though I often run out of courage and good sense, stubbornness keeps me going.

Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said.

You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

If you don't trust anyone, they can't let you down.

Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

Wait. You've got principles? We'll have to update your file.

It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

People who never get carried away should be.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand.

Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything.

I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation.

A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.