People use irony as a defense mechanism.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

I danced as he twirled in and out of consciousness, and there we were, one in love and the other astray.

As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

I learned just by going around. I know all about Kleenex factories, and all sorts of things.

Autumn is full of leave-taking. In September the swallows are chattering of destination and departure like a crowd of tourists.

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.

I think we need to be fighting for the working men and women of this country, not the moneyed New York interests.

By means of the sign, man frees himself from the here and now for abstraction.