You never know what's going to happen the rest of the way. You can't predict. You don't know what Montreal is going to do to us this weekend, and you….

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor..

Records can ruin you. That's why it's important to be as intimately familiar as possible with the history of recorded music, I guess. In a way, it's ….

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life..

I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them..

there are only two ways to make a lot [of money] while you're young: One is to entertain the public; and the other is to cheat it..

The Norse way of speaking, no one really knew what the Vikings sounded liked, they were Norsemen. The accent is really a combination of a Scandinavia….

Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired..

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up..

I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this mov….

It was all the things I wanted my music to be, but yet it wasn't grand and it wasn't obtuse - it wasn't overshooting, it wasn't undershooting, it was….

Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us ….

A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way..

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children..

We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she's getting everything. The second rule is that I actual….

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you..

Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever ….

When I do scenes with Alec Baldwin, he just stares at my boobs. That's how good of an actor he is, he finds a way..

I would die rather than live without you. I would die the same way he died. I can't bear you to look at me the way you did. I cannot bear it if you d….

I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways..

I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time I see it as very informed….