Somehow the wondrous promise of the earth is that there are things beautiful in it, things wondrous and alluring, and by virtue of your trade you want to understand them.

What artists have accomplished is realizing there's only a small amount of stuff that's important and then seeing what it was.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.

The very shadows seem to listen.

Twitter is a global town square.

There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too much id involved.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.

The ability to delegate begins with believing in the potential of people.

It's a very beneficial experience for me that America has started to be interested in me. I get offers here, and I'm very open to having a new spring in my career here.

In little towns, lives roll along so close to one another; loves and hates beat about, their wings almost touching.