There was a wildness inside him; someday he would capture it. Not to be tamed, but to be released. For only by understanding his mind could it be freed.
I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.
I've always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother's meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother's memory through her meatloaf.
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions.
One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.
People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.
The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as I could sort through another volume.
The world is full of 'friends' of suicide victims thinking 'if I had only made that drive over there, I could have done something.
Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself.
Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing.
Gadhafi has established no national institutions, not even allowing a fake parliament of the Mubarak or Ben Ali variety that could perhaps be turned into something real.
I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.
When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.
We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.
We could hang around for ten years and nobody would care enough to identify us. Therein lies the horror.
After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.
I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
