I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well there.

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

If a person does this for just a couple of years and discovers that it just isn't for him, that's okay. At least he can move on knowing that he gave it his best shot.

Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.

The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.

I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

Though there are still many good people out there in the world, it seems that they're vastly outnumbered by the stupid, selfish, violent ones.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

To imagine that I was pleased would have been an understatement, if I was a dog, my tail would be wagging my arse off.

Never prove people right. Never prove them wrong. Prove instead that you make your own path in life.

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

You are always concentrated on the inner thing. The moment one becomes aware of the crowd, performs for the crowd, it is spectacle.

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

A lot of time we didn't know where we were going or how it was going to transition from fishnets into hip-hop ... But it's worked out. We believe in what we do and I think people get that.

What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?