"Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be lost"

“Blood is very powerful. While meat is the substance that keeps our living souls in this physical reality, blood keeps our meat alive. Blood is liquid life. When blood escapes our bodies we are alarmed to the very core of our brains. It is life leaking out of us. It is frightening and makes red a profoundly intense color.”

“The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.”

“I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes.”

“Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.”

“Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.”

“The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.”

Source : "The crowd is smarter than you think". Interview with Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. July 14, 2004.

“I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.”

“In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.”

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