This is our world now, and those ancient people are dead.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Growth is a slow process and so is change in behaviour. The therapist must be patient with the process.

...we have a high calling etched into our bones and written on our hearts. God wants to engage us...and deliver us into a life He has dreamed for us... We were made to explore.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

Form, color, composition, drawing, are auxiliaries, any one of which... can be dispensed with.

No one can change your beliefs for you, nor can they be forced upon you from without.

You're not the center of the universe, you know.

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.