As a writer, I think your first job is to find a subject that you think you and others will find inherently interesting.

What I learned was there are hormones, and most people are sexual. They may go through stages where they might do things where they go above and beyond, but this is something else.

Just write what you love and what a movie you'd like to see.

Creativity vs. inspiration: inspiration makes a copy, creativity makes something completely new.

If someone can handle you at your worst, they'll stick around for your best.

...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out.

Manage the downside; the upside will take care of itself

I love animals. When I was young, I had two St. Bernards, I still have a dog, I have a lot of cats in my company. My wife always says, "You spend a lot of money on animals. More than even me!"

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.

I remember one tour with two male-fronted bands, and they had a fight over who could use the bathroom first. Then they just ended up having a beef with each other for the entire rest of the tour.