We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

I've never understood the point of ecstasy. I think if I wanted to get dehydrated and jump about with a load of people I've never met before I could go to a Methodist barn dance.

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general.

All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up.

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

Be sincere to nobody else, but yourself.

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news… and it’s not entirely the media’s fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.

All we have to do is preserve our personality, to live our own life, be captain of our own ship, and all will be well.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Precaution is better than cure.

Just one time before I turn into the villain of this piece, just one time before I become the fourth and final Unseelie prince, I want to be her Highlander. And her hero.

I'm just excited about life. Life is really good right now with my family and friends, and being able to work with people I respect.

If you saw me every day, you would actually think I am wearing the exact same gray suit.