The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

Words are not brains, you know.

And stop talking in that puffed-up way they taught you. Words aren't brains, you know.

...my heart is a desolate field over which geese vee, the sky turns and the days lie fallow...

Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.

I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

To a physicist life looks nothing short of a miracle. It's just amazing what living things can do.

They always say to Californians that we don't have seasons. Of course, that is not true. We have fire, flood, mud and drought.

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.