When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

It's amazing", he whispered, "to know that my purpose in life is sitting in front of me.

Most of my girlfriends are sent by the Devil and seem genuinely bemused when I do not succumb to their powers.

There's something about winning Miss America that brings out the snark.

I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no one is there. I call out, but no one answers. I have no connection to anything.

Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?

Photography is essentially a personal matter - a search for inner truth.

There's only one thing that separates us from animals: We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'

[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain] is so good that I've got high hopes.