“Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.”

“By saying that all my characters have a little bit of me in them, I mean that I try to be invested and empathetic in all my characters—whether they are principal or secondary, deeply flawed and not very “nice.””

“My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me.”

“Understand me well. My appeal is to observation — observation that each of you must make for himself.”

“Well, someone slap my butt and give me a hero cookie. (Nick)”

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”

“This enabled me to understand the need to abandon myself totally to my instinct, trusting my own energy and forgetting any preconceived style while I work.”

“I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.”

“Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. They don't need to show me thier badges. I know these guys very well.”

“Forgiveness is for anyone who needs safe passage through my mind.”