The existence of God, the why of life, was all that really only a question of glands?

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

The problem with a lot of people is that they procrastinate as if tomorrow doesn't have some tasks of its own.

I think that there's gonna be a lot of work to do in order to consolidate the transformations that I was interested in.

Sometime you just need to be silent, have a drink and crack a smile or somethin', because the human condition, in general, is just overwhelming in so many ways.

If I do marry, I'll expect a pretty serious dowry. I'm talking goats, pigs, chickens, the works.

How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

My daughter MacKenzie is so important to me. I have a tattoo on my arm for her. My roommate gave me the name for her.

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

In the history of humanity, there's never been a country like America.