When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd read this letter with your lips.

We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!

Repeat, over and over again, in case anyone forgets it or believes the contrary, that we do not live in the best of all possible worlds.

Make it a habit to praise the horse when the horse yields.

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.

My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I wrote my second novel.

The cultivation of Love is the greatest need today.