Fall makes me think that if I fail horribly at this art thing, and then fail horribly with this writing thing, I'll go run a pumpkin patch.
The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.
Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing, but a compromise- that which is common to you, me, and everybody.
Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.
I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.
I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say, 'Which of these things do I want to record?'
We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.
All things considered, the happiest epitaph to have etched on one's headstone is this: 'He never knew what hit him'.
I need COFFEE to help me change the things I can... and WINE to help me accept the things I can't!
Always remember that the most important things in this life are not things. Stay safe, stay strong and stay together.
I am a religious man! The only thing is, that in my religion, I am the God!
It is ignorance or at least lack of consideration of heavenly things that make the temporal things of this world, whether good or evil, greater than they really are.
There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.
A true friend has a habit of talking behind your back good things about you.
That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.
There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for Sonic Youth to do.
Going through puberty as a young girl is so confusing. This monster invades your body, changes things and makes things grow, and no one tells you what's going on.
I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession.
A moment is the root from which all things grow if you can understand a moment of time, everything else is included.
You have to be OK with your own fears. If you're an honest person, you'll make mistakes, but that's when the most interesting things happen.
God's help is available for us to achieve great things. We must put our hope and trust in the Lord.
