If I weren't already dead, I'd have to kill myself just so I could roll over in my grave.
Anarchy doesn't mean out of control; it means out of their control.
It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it-take it for what it is, and get on with your growing.
The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks.
Why are the ones who are too good to be true always being true to someone else?
It seems almost inherent in human beings that when you are thriving for a certain level of spirituality, you tend to reject clothes, and the implied need to hide yourself.
The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
But I replied that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me, besides music, was all the saints I met, who could be anywhere. By saints I meant people who behaved decently in a strikingly indecent society.
On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.
If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.