Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.
One of the world’s most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen’s younger, more attractive boyfriends.
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay in our mother’s wombs, and then there would be nobody in the world but a great number of very fat, very irritated women.
A passport, as I’m sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.
The moral of Snow White is never eat apples.
It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.
This world is suchier than we are, and the best thing to do is keep moving and find your keys.
The right boys I always toss and the wrong ones I keep on top of me like paperweights.
When I wrote Rick, I had the idea that I would take the plot of nearly every opera and turn it into a dark film, which is something I still may do.
Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junkmail. You can’t be ready for such a thing any more than salt water taffy gets you ready for the ocean.
We are a nation of children letting horrible things happen, and flunking Calc.
Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you’re kidding.
I’ve never had a musical career. So I think it’s been unaffected. I play the accordion. In terms of thinking of it as a musical career, I think it’s sort of like calling yourself an astronaut because you have a shiny suit.
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.
It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.
I’m not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn’t be on anyone’s album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.
Right, good temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Blank paper has always inspired me.
Love was in the air, so both of us walked through love on our way to the corner.