249 Quotes by Fiona Apple

No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off.

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

The worst pain in the world is shame.

I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it.

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.

I like the idea of the idler wheel - it just sits in between things, but it makes such a big difference in the way that the machine is working. That concept has always been something that has interested me, but I didn't really know why.