Really, I'm pretty laid-back, always cracking jokes.

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things.

All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a game of Beirut [a kind of beer pong] is a good sign!

New York's a big playground. I have a bike, and I'm really into just being outside. Especially in the summertime.

My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I dont know.

Courage doesn't mean never being afraid. We're all afraid sometimes. Bravery means doing the right thing anyway. That's true strength.

Innocence is a bleeding wound without a bandage, a wound that opens with every casual knock from casual passers-by. Experience is an armour.

Not caring is absolute freedom, and if you own it, all the way, it emits supreme confidence.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.

Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.

I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.