“And I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who’s looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.”

Everything I do, it’s all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment.

I think in the old music, everything was so competitive.

I’m passionate about it because I think it’s the most direct way to connect to the things that are ineffable.

We have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part.

I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

I think winter wear is communal.

I’m a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument.

You can’t expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!.

We can not be naive and think we can go it alone.

But the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

It was all about – very selfish in a lot of ways.

I think it’s important that we run that tension between the way things are.

Ethical systems and practices need to look good.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That’s my mantra.

[Oscar Wilde’s Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that’s why I guess it’s semi-autobiographical.

That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.

I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn’t good enough.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

When Courtney’s mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it.

[Ocean’s Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids.