I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs.

I am not a morning person. I like to sleep in.

When you're working with good people it brings good things out in you.

I like cluttered, old, dark-wood antiques. I like character.

I would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate.

I'm hoping maybe people like working with me because I like what I do for a living and I want to have a good time.

That's the thing about interviews, at some point you're going to change your mind. But it's there forever and you can't escape it.

During my teen years, for Halloween, I went as a registered voter.

It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.

I don't pay attention to the ratings.

I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd.

Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

the drama below and the drama above could easily collide at any moment

I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.

I think we're out on a limb right now, hanging over a cliff, and we're trying to find a way to get back.

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.

The Harvard Lampoon itself, which had a pretty stellar run in the '60s.

I believe in struggle. And I believe that the struggle is beautiful. You have to try it or you will never know what's beyond it.