"I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you."

“And tomorrow--who knows what happens? Do you get it? I don't know and no one knows--it's all unknown! You understand, that this is the end to the Known? This is the new, the improbable, the unpredictable.”

“Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month.”

“It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like this interview, spend time away from home and hang around with other actors. It's inevitable that you're not going to have a so-called normal childhood.”

Source : "Matt Dillon Meets Fame... Diffidently". The Boston Globe, November 03, 1983.

“At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways.”

“Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.”

“It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents?”

“The soul is the ancestral animals. The body is their knowledge.”

Source : Austin Osman Spare (2007). “The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life”, p.87, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.