"Every artist that becomes famous has a team, and needs to convince someone to believe in them enough to have others rally around them to achieve stardom. If I can be that person, then I am happy to do it."

“Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.”

“Everything in life is made up...You make up that you are happy. You make up that you are sad. You make up that you are in love. If you don't make up your own life, who's going to make it up for you? It's bad enough when you die and everybody can make up their own stories about you. —Mr. Hooft”

“What does sharing music mean? It means playing it for people.”

“Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.”

“In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.”

“Mostly though, college was me trying to look cooler than I was. There were definitely some Carhartt jeans and backward kangol caps in my repertoire.”

“I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.”

Source : "Saddam Hussein's Former Doctor Paints a Different Picture" by Charlotte Sector, abcnews.go.com. April 28, 2006.