Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

people think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.

you don't deal with time. Time deals with you.

She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

Miles and miles and miles.

I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: "Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar."

Love is not popular. Not noble. . . not love, no reward. Trust love. Is not love. Trust yourself.

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

If I were a cassowary On the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Cassock, band, and hymn-book too.

Usually when fans find out about my music for the first time, they're like "Oh this guy's actually for real!" And it's just like yea, you found Waldo.

I wake up each and everyday happy because of all of the great things that I have going on in my life and I think about all of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.