I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.
I have a little piece of Hubble that someone brought back from one of the repair missions. It's on my desk, where I work. I do feel a personal connection to it. It's been part of my life for 20 years.
26 is my favourite number.
One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.
The lover is drawn by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which it perceives.
I'm not a machine that just comes up with records and can give them away easily.
An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.
The first car I bought was the most beautiful car I've ever seen. It was secondhand, but I parked it outside of my hotel the day I got it. I sat up all night, just lookin' at it.
I've learned not to attach personal feelings to critics who review your work. It's their opinions, their perceptions - it's a very subjective thing, and you can be hurt.
At one time they've been the most important thing to me. So I can't hear our records on the radio, I can't stand it, because they sound so out of what everyone else is doing.
The biggest barrier to dealing with climate change is us: our own attachment to habits that are hard to shift, and our great ability to park or ignore uncomfortable choices.
I have this old Polo jacket. I've got to bring it wherever I go. And I have this one cape that somebody gave to me. It's this jumpsuit with this cape on the back that this one person gave to me. It's clutch.
You paint something, and it's yours. It's your heart up on the wall.
It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.
I definitely feel more attached to Kolkata than anywhere else in India.
I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.
A director is a very selfish person. For him, his film is like his baby.
I don't think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don't really want to spend much time listening to it again.
This man belongs to me, I want him!
I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.
Baltimore will always have a piece of my heart.
Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child.
You write a book like that you're fond of over the years, then you see that happen to it, it's like pissing in your father's beer.
If I hold onto something it's because I want it not because I want to display it or show it to somebody else. I've got some cool stuff, I've got some cool things.
