Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

The Lesson is Life and Life is the Lesson, and the Lesson does not contain a single Atom.

On December 9, 1994, Yeltsin issued a statement ordering the Federal army to execute the disarmament of all illegal armed units in Chechnya, or as they were known locally, the government.

Jews were expelled to Israel, Protestants were expelled to the USA and where should the Muslims go?

Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry.

Rumble is the best instrumental ever.

I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.

I didn't go and quit anything. I remained who I am, so I don't know if anybody wants to criticize. I'm still me.

It wasn't that he was specially ungenerous but that he put things off to give his generosity a longer and more significant route.

I’m listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I’m pretty well-versed in the pop female category.

All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.