Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.

dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.

I hate myself, and I want to die

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.

Just because it's all you want, doesn't mean it's all you need.

The worst crime is faking it.

My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

Most institutions demand unqualified faith but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.

It's weird to me to even say, "I wrote this song." I never feel like I wrote it; I feel like I heard it.

To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.

Like when you have the right title for something you're writing and you get lost - you can always go back to the title and go, "Yeah, that's what this is about."

So far I’m not seeing a lot of difference between me and a carnival con-man.