It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead of it being someone else, that girl is also me.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

Satan is the master of the ultimate double-talk and sophistry. He calls evil good and continues to confuse men with his cleverly disguised untruths.

The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.

Let's go back, back to the Beginning.

I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part of the present narrative.

Like everybody and trust no one.

Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

The particular qualities and intentions of photographs tend to be swallowed up in the generalized pathos of time past.

Speaking, writing, and discoursing are not mere acts of communication; they are above all acts of compulsion. Please follow me. Trust me, for deep feeling and understanding require total committment.

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.