Richard Hell

“I don't really trust a sane person.”

“I belong to the blank generation and I can take it or leave it each time.”

“The first rule of punk is there are no rules.”

“Only the pretty can be truly ugly.”

“I think the best fiction is about the power of possibility.”

“Art is what makes life more interesting than art.”

“I always wanted to be a writer. I never wanted to be a musician.”

“For me, the whole idea of 'punk' was that you could be anything you want.”

“I think that when you're a teenager, it's the smartest you've ever been. My brain was at its peak in my teens.”

“Everything is a lie.”

“To me, the 'blank' in 'Blank Generation' means the freedom to create yourself.”

“The Ramones were very different from us. They were all about being dumb and we were all about being smart.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not sentimental. I'm not a fan of my own work.”

“Love comes in spurts.”

“Punk was about screaming, and I wasn't a screamer. I was a yelper.”