I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
All entrepreneurs make decisions. Some will go right, and some will not go that right.
People are willing to get short-term gains at the risk of long-term choices.
I'm a smart guy, I like to think of myself as a smart guy, but sometimes I go out there and do a lot of dumb stuff.
I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
I'm definitely a gambler, as exemplified by the massive risks I've taken.
I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?
I think I bought into that whole rock n' roll lifestyle, and all that does in the end is kill ya. So I don't recommend it to anyone.
Without opium, plans, marriages and journeys appear to me just as foolish as if someone falling out of a window were to hope to make friends with the occupants of the room before which he passes.
I didn't want to be one of those people that does something that blows up and keeps doing it for way too long.
Of course there have been times when I've done crazy things. But I don't think I'm crazy. I just grew up in a crazy world.
Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and then they get slammed, like 'Southland Tales.' I'm proud of what she's trying to do. It's hard.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.
I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.
I am attracted to bad people because they are very human.
