Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can't see.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die

Fashion wasn't what you wore someplace anymore; it was the whole reason for going.

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.

Konig couldn't help but think of the man as a slab of walking muscle with all the intellect of a pair of cheap shoes.

How awesome is the awe God!

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

I've always been a strong family advocate. I had a wonderful family growing up.

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.