We get most of our energy from complications.

You’re telling stories again. You have the disease of telling stories, Roland.

Only monsters could slay monsters.

It was only in a place like Paris where knowing the books someone loved, whether they followed Lévi-Strauss or Sartre, was the yardstick by which to measure them.

...but now, driving past the billboard I realized that losing everything is death. A death that I crave and I don't want anyone to save me

Sometimes what we think is good for others... might be destructive for them... you never know

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.