My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human.
I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.
I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very much about knowing what's going to happen on every page before you even start writing dialogue - the entire plot and character arcs are mapped out.
I operate better with education and awareness, like I think all of us do. I don't like to be walking around in a vacuum, lost in my own thoughts. I'm much better with information.
The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else.
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought.
It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.
I miss Brighton enormously, enormously. There is so much I miss, including rain. I miss the verdant countryside.
'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.
The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.
I guess I have kind of a type. Pretty much anybody who shows up in a black leather overcoat, I've doubled for them.
I can't imagine how much time it took Matt Bucy to cut up 'The Wizard of Oz' and reassemble every word of dialog into alphabetical order. The resulting movie is called 'Of Oz the Wizard.'
I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.
Nine Inch Nails is like building an army to go conquer. We build it, then we play, and we have to play so much to validate building it, financially. It leads to getting burn-out because a tour that would be fun if it lasted three weeks has to last 15 weeks.
I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.
I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.
The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.
I feel like my style is very much androgynous. It's rock, chic, like casual wear, but then on the flip side to that, being that it's so androgynous, it'll either be skinny jeans and a leather jacket, or if I'm doing a red carpet or event, I'll completely flip that and be wearing a suit or a dress.
Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, 'It would be so much easier!'
I have sympathy for anyone who finds consolation anywhere we can. And many people do find it in religious tradition as it has been. I mean, I love much of that tradition. But somehow, that just didn't speak to me in the way that it does to some.
I was very much a child of the Cold War.
Our eyeball hours are scarce, indeed. That's why Google wants us to do as much as possible online, in range of their ads, and is willing to spend billions creating more reasons and ways for us to do so.
I grew up pretty much entertaining myself. So I know what its like to be in a room by myself and having fun with something.
One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
I'm not saying abolish group work - I think there's a time and a place for people to come together and exchange ideas, but let's restore the respect we once had for solitude. And we need to be much more mindful of the way we come together.
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.
Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.
When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wanted to be healthy - to have fun playing soccer with my son or teaching my daughter to shoot hoops. Then it was so much easier to say no to carbs, soda, or dessert, and the weight just came off.
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
