The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it. Use this quote
Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year. Use this quote
I'm a very romantic and passionate guy. Use this quote
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. Use this quote
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair. Use this quote
History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that. Use this quote
And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams. Use this quote
I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture. Use this quote
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female. Use this quote
After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital. Use this quote
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude. Use this quote
Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. Use this quote
Hollywood's just not funny. Use this quote
I'd like to have a family. Use this quote
My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy. Use this quote
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. Use this quote
Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State. Use this quote
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline. Use this quote
I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people. Use this quote
We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country. Use this quote