"The way I view touring and shows, for me, is that I really like playing, but that's not the thing that fuels me. I am much happier writing and recording. For me, performing is exclusively for other people. I let people write me to tell me what they want to hear. I'll play any of it."

“I think it is a sad reflection on our civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus we do not know what goes on inside our soufflés.”

Source : "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen". Book by Harold McGee, March 20, 2007.

“Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier.”

“We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'”

Source : "Yvette Nicole Brown: Prep work is necessary for a successful stalk". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. July 8, 2010.

“Psychologically our thought-apart from its expression in words-is only a shapeless and indistinct mass.”

Source : Ferdinand de Saussure, Wade Baskin (2011). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.111, Columbia University Press

“Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.”

Source : Francis Crick (2008). “What Mad Pursuit”, p.104, Hachette UK

“Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.”

“Tears are tears, but I don't want to draw tears that aren't proactive. The feeling “Ahh, it's so sad” when people die and it's all over, it doesn't feel quite right. Even though a lot of people died in Gintama. Even if people die, it's not the end. I don't want to draw tears that fall and stay at the same place, but droplets that sprinkle along the road to one's future.”

Source : Quick Japan Interview, www.yorozuyasoul.com. 2009.

“Murder is a crime. Describing Murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is.”

Source : Love & Death: A Study in Censorship (1949)