Christopher Walken

"Golf. My God, that's a mysterious occupation. I can understand some sort of sport where your body got a benefit, like marathon running or bicycle racing. That's not golf. And not only that, but the whole business of standing in the sun — my God. That's like torture." Christopher Walken

David Sedaris

"I’d like to think some of my nervous habits faded during high school – but my class pictures tell a different story.” David Sedaris 

Shayne Carter



"You don't want to be the dude sitting outside the cafe saying "Remember me? I wrote that song 'She Speeds'." Shayne Carter



Bobby Gillespie




"I just think people are fucking idiots sometimes, you know?" Bobby Gillespie

 



Beck Hansen



"I don't think I was teased just because I was the only white kid in a predominantly Latino neighbourhood. I don't even think it was the fact that I looked like a girl. I was an odd little white boy. I would've been an odd little Salvadorean boy." Beck Hansen



Harry Dean Stanton

"I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive." Harry Dean Stanton

Tom Waits

"I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary." Tom Waits

Jeffrey Eugenides

"I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. ...I think about the reader. I care about the reader. That one person, alone in a room, whose time I'm asking for." Jeffrey Eugenides

Ray LaMontagne

“There's this thing that I'm antisocial. But I love people. I love humanity. I'm being serious... I just don't like assholes." Ray LaMontagne

Chris Lilley

"I broke into a school playground and my mate shot me walking around in character, wearing one of my mum’s tracksuits. It was really low budget. But the network loved it and offered to pay me to do a series." Chris Lilley