"Caring for friends opens the heart, and gifts us with the privilege of sharing the fruits of our self-imposed and necessary solitude."

“Death is the loss of everything all at once.”

Source : Julie Salamon (2008). “Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids”, p.56, Penguin

“You're going to die sooner.”

“Our immediate interests are after all of but small moment. It is what we do for the future, what we add to the sum of man's knowledge, that counts most. As someone has said, 'The individual withers and the world is more and more.' Man dies at 70, 80, or 90, or at some earlier age, but through his power of physical reproduction, and with the means that he has to transmit the results of effort to those who come after him, he may be said to be immortal.”

“I used to always throw in random questions. I'd have to ask about artist's single and their writing process, which I know is every artist's most-hated question, like, "Well what was ,your process?" And it's. like, "Well, I wrote this album." And then at the end I would throw in, like, "So, Seinfeld or Simpsons?" and they'd be so thrown, because everything else could be autopilot. All my greatest moments were from the most sporadic questions.”

“I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.”

“If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.”

“When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.”

“Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.”