There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.

the world most unfortunate situations when sensible meet insensible animals (human)

You’re starting to sound like one of those songs that DJ’s play when they wanna clear out the dancefloor.

Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.

Not a problem kid or anything like that so when you're in the legal system like that, it's always hard on a person for the first time to go through some things like that.

I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.

I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people.

I started producing out of necessity. It's not that I want to become a full time producer, but it gives me control over my creative life.

See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.