The pessimist is half-licked before he starts.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.

She kept reminding me she was at a wedding, which didn’t really help my emotional state, if you know what I mean.

I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

I helped develop Disney's) special effects department at that time, which helped very much when we worked on "20000 Leagues under the Sea"

I had a lot of depression as a kid.

I felt I could become a performer who stood out, who challenged the way things were done and make it more creative and also encourage men and women to not be afraid of their sexuality.