Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s.

My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage.

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.

I figured that if anyone could be wildly popular in one town, then that could be replicated everywhere, all you have to do is get the word out.

When Elliott Smith came out, it was falling on deaf ears. But artists were reacting to it.

Arabella tilted her head, and Theodore couldn't help himself. Her lips were right in front of him, and he needed to claim them. He settled his lips over hers and the world melted away.

Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.

Anything which is a huge problem for humanity we'll sign up for, if we can find a way to fix it.

I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.

I look forward to working out every day.

Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself - there is no wish I make more often.

Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced.

He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.

The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity