The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.

I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than the perverse immediate gratification.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love.

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous.

Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement.

It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.

I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical ideas.

I think it's better to just say nothing at all than to just send two words.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

Start before you're ready.Don't prepare, begin.

Learn to see the beauty in and around you. Learn to observe the beauty inside the mind.

I embrace my fate

His touch cable knits my veins, remaking and remolding who I am.

You have exactly 10 seconds to change that look of disgusting pity, into one of enormous respect!

Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5 000 Gideon Bibles.

Message to the billionaire class: You can't have it all!

I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military.

George W. Bush will not offer one word of criticism for any president. Not Clinton. Not Obama.

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.