They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, run around stressed out and pull out gauges.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

I live to bring you pleasure.” To Gilly, his words rang like a vow.

Your feelings are the utmost priority, your desires are more important than anyone else's deadline or mandate.

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

There is no truth. Only points of view.

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.

Into the paradise of euphony, the good poet must introduce hell. Broken paradises are the only kind worth reading.

Conflicts and factions, violence and upheavals are caused by the neglect of human values in daily life.

Oftentimes what happens actually is people say to me, 'I didn't know if it was you or not, and then I heard you laugh, and then obviously I could tell it was you.'

I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.