I got along with mostly everyone, but music school does that to you. We had to sing in a choir all the time, so we had to get along with everyone.
There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.
Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.
Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
Chow Mo Wan: When the Peony blooms, she stands tall. Does she mean no or yes?
William Miller: When and where does this "real world" occur?
Howard Hughes: What the *hell* does a senator from Maine need to fly to Peru for?
Holly Golightly: I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead.
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.
One does not have the right to criticize until he can do the same work without being criticized
The feeling one has no time to get anything done provides the pressure that guarantees one does get some things done.
Liberty isn't bestowed; it's achieved. It is not a gift; it's a conquest. It does not abide; it must be preserved.
Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them.
My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.
Hatred is like a dam waiting to burst, and when it does, it is more devastating than what you had originally intended.
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.
