Leonard Cohen

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.