One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

‎The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.

It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I have scars. No one alive today doesn't. But Alex's scars have to be much deeper than mine.

President Obama announced that he's going to reopen diplomatic relations with Cuba. He wants to act before Seth Rogen makes a movie about Castro.

Not to bash Los Angeles, but there is always a feeling in LA of where your stock is. Are you the top of the heap at the moment or do you have the blockbuster, did you get cast in that thing?

Nothing could be older than the daily news, nothing deader than yesterday's newspaper.

I have amazing collaborators as well, but I want to learn more and be a self-contained unit.

Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives!

Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying and I've been saying this for six months.

My aesthetic is derived from my point of view which is one of optimism and hope. The camera became a conduit for my need to create a more beautiful world around me.

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.