I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than the perverse immediate gratification.

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.

Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement.

It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.

The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.

I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical ideas.

I think it's better to just say nothing at all than to just send two words.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

So this is happiness, that journeyman.

Laughing at ones own attempt at humor while saying things just come to me should be punishable by death.

It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing me to continue writing 10 or 12 hours a day.

I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'

The attitude of other people affects each of us and the attitude of each of us has the capacity to affect all of us.

When I was a child, we seemed to be living in a world remote from the rest of the world. But television has made a great difference to all of us.

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

Effective readers, even at their earliest levels, read in five to seven word phrases rather than word by word.

Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.

I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.