Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

In great moments life seems neither right nor wrong but something greater: it seems inevitable.

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'

To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.

It's nothing really. It's the unique presentation that makes me look good in the action scenes. Why did I dare do them? That's a funny question! Why do I act? Why do I breathe!

I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do. If that turns you into a perfectionist then maybe I am.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

Wherever it goes is my best position. Wherever it goes I am comfortable.

Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far.

Do you know that drawing with words is also an art... ?