"If women envy men, we can now see that it's because of the privileges their anatomy confers and not the anatomy itself."

“And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away.”

“World War II was a must win.”

“Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level.”

“I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.”

Source : "Cass McCombs’ Good Humor". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 7, 2011.

“Do you want to hang out? At your place or something?" Hanging out with Jimmy Hailler will mean that I have to say hello to him every day. I'm not ready to say hello to him every day. Too much commitment. It's bad enough that I'm sharing chocolate brownies swith him. I shake my head. "Not today.”

“When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

“Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.”