The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

You’re going back?” asked Bod. Things that had been immutable were changing. “You’re really leaving? But. You’re my guardian.”

There are far too many people that waste their time telling themselves that they don’t have enough time.

I don't care about what people think about me.

It's crazy that in a country where schools are falling apart, we're spending $20 billion on nuclear weapons.

I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.

But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.

There are times when you just have to let it all out. All the anger, all the pain.

I no longer criticize anyone--not even myself. I only give out positive vibes.

The older I grow the more I become certain that it makes no difference what words we use to tell the same truths.

Freedom is not free, and we all have a lot of work ahead of us. And I perform the ultimate soundtrack to get the job done every day. We're not having any fun at all.