"My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror."

“I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day.”

Source : "Mark Mothersbaugh Revisits His Literary Roots". Interview with Danielle Wiener-Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2012.

“For me, failure has to be acknowledged, needs to be faced in some way.”

“You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.”

Source : "Water for Elephants". www.imdb.com. 2011.

“Amongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing music.”

“I live by four words and I have it tattooed on my arms as well. It just says, 'Live, learn, love life'. So you live your life to the best way you can. Every situation is a learning one so take those lessons, learn from it and love your life.”

“Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything.”

“I like the drawings. And as a photography fan myself, I would look at Helmut Newton or Irving Penn and like to see the initial notes or drawings, to see where the ideas grew from. Also my sketches are key to my work because I came to realise early on that by doing drawings, I could formulate a plan of what I was thinking of - I could take control and direct the work.”

“The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.”