You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.

My appearance qualifies me for historic characterizations, going back to the year one.

I always thought of myself as inadequate. Kids of divorced parents always feel that way - that, on some subconscious level, they're responsible.

Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent.

The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in a room eating too much chocolate and drinking too much tea, eventually they let me out into the world.

I truly never saw myself doing anything other than music. There was nothing else that brought me this much joy, but also this much frustration.

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.