To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words.

I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.

I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.

I like things that go into hidden, mysterious places, places I want to explore that are very disturbing. In that disturbing thing, there is sometimes tremendous poetry and truth.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.

Mankind was not meant to suffer -- bliss is our nature. The individual is cosmic. Let's rock.

Absurdity is what I like most in life.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

We only dream of images we already have inside of us.

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.

All I got was the news that he'd married an absolute honey, and an admonition to eat my heart out.

Let there be seasons so that our tongues will be rich in asparagus and limes.

Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.

How many times can summer turn to fall in one life?

Been about ya and I'm still about ya

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.

Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.

I think it's important to live with a certain danger and a certain risk.

It’s a very interesting thing to try to be your absolute best—not a percent better or a percent worse than that.

I saw your smile and my mind could not erase the beauty of your face.