You start to do shows and people come up to me and say, "I wish more people were here, how come more people aren't here?" and that just starts to get a little.

I'm not a very good communicator, so maybe that's why I write about talking.

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

[In Europe] they're really interested in you drinking their alcohol and eating their food and showing you around.

I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.

life is worth living when you have someone to share it with ..

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

Some men ease themselves like setting hens into the nest of death.

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there are many good ones. We just haven't nurtured our voices.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

I want very much to be back in the caul, on my back in the dark forever.