God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.

Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.

Everything that happens before Death is what counts.

Good to evil seems evil

First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.

He knew what the wind was doing to them, where it was taking them, to all the secret places that were never so secret again in life.

..holding a book but reading the empty spaces.

But no man's a hero to himself.

Beware the autumn people

It was in their friendship they just wanted to run forever, shadow and shadow.

The dust was antique spice, burnt maple leaves, a prickling blue that teemed and sifted to earth. Swarming its own shadows, the dust filtered over the tents.

Love yourself as much you can before loving others. If you don't have something, you can't give it to anyone.

Sometimes it's the memories we should have had that are most painful.

What matter most is not the sin. The moment of repentance: go and sin no more.

Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.

I have a secret project which adds four hours every day to the 24 hours we have. There's a bit of time travel involved.

Let's talk about something exciting. Me.

Nobody who was shooting dice wanted to get a dance.

Angel: What's sauerkraut? Max: You don't want it. Trust me.

I performed it all the way through for people. People would say, "We love you, we want to sign you," and then there'd always be one person who'd say, "He's just a producer."

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.