Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

Protect me from what I want.

All things are delicately interconnected.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early to mid-30s.

Sound is the basis vibration of the universe All those little vortices may get sent going the other way. Sound is really very powerful.

There is a chasm between me and the world outside of me. A gap so wide my feelings can't cross it. By the time my screams reach the other side, they have dwindled into groans.

To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think...This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact.

I couldn't sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt.

I'm horrible with money. I make bad business decisions every hour of the day.

The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity.

As a visual arts teacher, I have to keep my mind open. I have explores styles from pointillism to cubism.

The light had simply and utterly destroyed the darkness.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.