People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

If all we are is what people think we are, then we're all screwed.

Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States.

I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.

You can practice for 30 years and still not be a Mozart. The most lethal combination would be a Mozart who practiced for thousands of hours.

The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.

Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.

I just never really thought of not being involved, because when I write the songs I take them to a certain place and by that point I kinda know what I want them to sound like.