we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

I had a very modest upbringing.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

There's a world of difference between, "Look at this mess you made!" and "I don't like to see food on the floor!

Just as the truth can be buried under a rubble of lies, a lie can be buried under a rubble of truth.

Keeping records enhances the pleasure of the search and the chance of finding order and meaning in these events.

You're supposed to have one hand up and one hand down. As you're trying to going up, you're trying to pull someone up at the same time.

Enlightenment is higher states of awareness.

Goodness," Tessa said to the back of his head. "If you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions.

I don't get stage fright. I do get nervous before I play in front of big audiences [though].

I'm for ethanol, and I think it's a very important partial ingredient of the overall mix of alternative and renewable fuels we ought to commit to.

Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.

Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.