The arts don't exist in isolation.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

You can’t truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to really FEEL the loss.

We are all swimmers before the dawn of oxygen and earth. We all carry the memory of that breathable blue past.

Only the poor knew the meaning of life

I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.

No statue has ever been put up to a critic.

I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it.

I grew up in a dysfunctional family.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book

Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else

Avaunt, you cullions!