Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.

People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear.

Art is a bad word in Hollywood. You use art too many times and they show you the elevator and then your name is taken off the parking lot.

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word" trouble' loses much of its meaning.

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.

I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.

It feels like I’m stuck in one spot. It’s been this way for a long time. I know you understand, but now you’re moving on without me. And I—I’m not ready to be alone.

When she had died, his anchor was gone and the world had burned from his untethered insanity.

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.

Nothing would ever break you without first seeking shelter in your mind. This is why you must not bargain with thoughts and beliefs that speak nothing less than success and happiness.

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

As they say in Corsica... Goodbye!

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

There is no virtue higher than non-injury.