I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. – Henry Rollins
In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. – Henry Rollins
If I was gay, there would be no closet. You would never see the closet I came out of. Why? Because Id have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve… If I was gay, at this stage of the game—age 37, aging alternative icon—Id be taking out ads. – Henry Rollins
When people hold you in high esteem, its very delicate relationship. When they meet you theyre putting all their chips up. Its make or break. – Henry Rollins
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but were being fooled, because democracy is not the election. Weve been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isnt. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. Its the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. – Gael Garcia Bernal
I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realise thats what myths are for. Its for human beings to process their experience in extremis. – Michael Sheen