There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

Anyone who knows how scary it is to be alone, can't help loving others." ~Rin Sohma

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

Cabbage soup and barley. They're Russia's national food. Both excellent in their way, but a shade monotonous.

No mirror keeps its glances.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

I used to travel 200 days of the year. I had to calm it down because I have a 17-year-old daughter going on 30, and a 23-year-old son. I want to be around for them.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

You don't change what you love or you never loved it to begin with.

Why do I need succession planning? Im very alert, Im very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.