Empty pockets taught me a million lessons

In the moment of quietness, my strength re-energized

My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.

The human species is no more unsuited to give birth than any other of the 5,000 or so species of mammals on the planet. We are merely the most confused.

If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it.

We all need to be recognized for what we're doing, for our work. Every once in a while we need someone to come up to us and say, 'You're beautiful. That was well done. That's nice.'

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that.

I’d learned that my mother was a badass in disguise. She was Van Helsing in an apron and heels, and—at least for the time being—I couldn’t think of a single thing cooler than that.

I didn't like seeing you with him" he says. "I don't think I'd like seeing you with any other guy....beside me.

This is how a man looks when he's deciding that the risk of death is better than the risk of change.

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.