Quotes by Ric Ocasek

• Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.
• I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
• I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.
• Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.
• Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.
• Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.
• Sometimes you want to run away, sometimes you think you do, but you never had a dream like this before and you don't want to ask for more, sometimes you leave a mark before you know the score.
• There's more to light than the opposite of dark.
• They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums.
• Your high points and your low points. High points don't last that long, it's a high and it happens. It's great at the moment but you really can't live on it.
• People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?