I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.
Going to Hartford turned out to be the luckiest thing that ever happened to me.
A writer should never allow himself to be lulled out of the vigilance native to his profession.
For years, I've mocked Norfolk and King's Lynn, and now I find out I'm from there!
I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.
Whenever we were on the road when I was younger, I remember my father pointing out the trucks that had 'Mack' on them.
I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Spiders - the way they move freaks me out. It's so malevolent.
I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter.
I'm sort of like a maniac, and I can't get out of it.
It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters.
There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.
I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.
Every second is mapped out and he has this total childish fascination with color and shapes and sequences.
I've had a lot of help... from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, venture capitalists. They've helped me out a ton.
The Marshall is supposed to be 200 watts, but mine's never worked right; it peaks out at 80.
Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard.
My admiration for 'Mary Tyler Moore' is very, very big because they went out on top.
President Clinton, I sang at his post-inauguration party out in Maryland.