I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.

You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.

We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.

You're always allowed to be better.

I am what I am, everything I wanna be

Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego.

I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.

Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.

I don't even believe in magic, or ghosts or anything like that, and yet in a city like New York, on the subway, I definitely see ghosts and art seems to have some magical properties.

Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.

I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is.

This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us.

Taking your first title is much more complicated and more difficult; it takes years of work - from go-kart to Formula One. The second comes more easily, because you've already got the experience.

My theory has always been that everyone in show business is there because they were deprived of some attention as a child.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.