I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

Children accept many things adults will not accept, since the world of a child is a constant revelation without any need for knowledge of cause and effect. ("Miss Esperson")

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

When you don't know what to do, do what's right and do what's in front of you. But not necessarily what's right in front of you.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

I never trust a man that doesn't drink.

Never tell a lie-except for practice.

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.

The thousands of clips on internet are better to us than any DVD that could have been released.

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.