"Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred."

“As far as the dreams go, really I would only point to there are times in my life where I experienced lucid dreaming, which is a big feature of Inception movie - the idea of realizing you're in a dream and therefore trying to change or manipulate it in some way. That's a very striking experience for people who have it.”

Source : "Remembering Aaliyah Ten Years Later: The Final Mtv Interview". Mtv Interview, www.mtv.com. August 25, 2011.

“Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside.”

“I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.”

“Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people. Punctuality is not usually thought of in our day as a major virtue.”

“You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why you were working on that - but you don't want to do that again. You don't necessarily hate it, but you're a very different person now, so, in that way you do.”

Source : "Listen: New Walkmen: 'Heaven'". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2012.

“Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of”

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”

“Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.”