Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish.

That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.

...occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.

The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

Strangers, " the Blue Man said, "are just family yo have yet to come to know.

Men have two outstanding features--their brains and their genitalia. Unfortunately, both rarely function simultaneously.

We are game-playing, fun-having creatures, we are the otters of the universe.

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

Earth's blackest day and earth's brightest day are only three days apart.

Ah! some love Paris, / And some Purdue. / But love is an archer with a low I.Q. / A bold, bad bowman, and innocent of pity. / So I'm in love with / New York City.

Be prepared! All of your gear should be in a state of readiness so you can concentrate on painting. Choose your brushes as you would choose weapons before battle.

I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.

What college boils down to is a brand name stamped on the graduate for the benefit of corporate consumers.

I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.