One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

I’d die if I was Madonna. I’d die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don’t know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I’ll be around making art when I’m 80.

I don’t care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We’re all getting on.

Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.