Do I listen to pop music because Im miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? – John Cusack
Its something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone elses poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because youre too awkward to do it. – John Cusack
I force people to have coffee with me, just because I dont trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen. – John Cusack
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it. – John Cusack
Im uncomfortable when Im comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I cant help it, its my personality. Id like to think its not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur. – Jay Chiat