The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything.

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.

Love can conquer every hateful heart.

Be the author, not the reader, of your own life.

Give more, don't expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven’t expected but received!

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

As the character changes in the movie, it rubs off on the viewer, so the viewer also goes through that change.

There is an incredible film, 42. It's the incredible story of Jackie Robinson. I have extolled the virtues of this movie to everyone I meet. I've given quotes to everyone I talk to.

When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw the Destruction of so many great musicians and artists.

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human being in the room.

Hello...911? I'd like to report a robbery, looks like Trish and Tomko stole the show!

If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.