When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though.

What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Time has no sense but it makes all the sense

Are all men's lips as soft as yours, Ari?" Bathymaas"I suppose, goddess. But I don't make it a habit to feel the lips of other men so I don't know for certain." Aricles

ALBUS/RON: How to distract Scorpius from difficult emotional issues. Take him to a library.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Grief held back from the lips wears at the heart; the drop that refused to join the river dried up in the dust.

Better to be screwed physically than financially.

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.

As I radiate love and goodwill to others, I will open the channel for God's love to come to me.

Forget every touch or sound that did not teach you how to dance

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.