I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.

At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

Protect me from what I want.

All things are delicately interconnected.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.

What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

Feel free to listen, feel free to stare.

I have the best job in the world.

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.

It's much easier to say negative things in a review.

One of the major things I really want to work on now is female rage because that's not dealt with at all - and I have a lot of it.

Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships

I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.