The quest for knowledge never ends

I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.

Writers have the purity of their art and what they want to achieve with that, and that this purity is bound up with the messy material conditions of trying to make a living while doing that work.

The past is like the hair on our head. I moved to New York when I was twelve, but you always have this feeling that wherever you come from, you physically leave it, but it doesn't leave you.

I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it's difficult to top them. So what's the point?

I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.

And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.

I love a smart girl and a girl who loves her family!

You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.

The elections would be free and democratic, and any result would have to be accepted.

By the year 2000, I want to be the first Latin musician to play on the moon.