"More of your brain is involved when reading than it is when you watch television... because you are supplying just about everything... you're a creator."

“Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.”

“If you've got beef, then eat a porkchop”

“My family do not think I'm special - not one, one bit.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them.”

Source : Ben Shahn (1957). “The Shape of Content”, p.63, Harvard University Press

“The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.”

“Religion exalts mystery as an unknowable secret that must be sealed in glass like the corpse of an enchanted princess and fearfully worshipped from afar. Initiation, on the other hand, requires direct participation and demands each of us to smash the casket and press mad lips to mystery, wooing her as a lover who will offer up her treasurers in a succession of sweet surrenders. This she will do, but only in exact ratio to our evolving ability and worthiness to receive them.”

Source : Lon Milo DuQuette (2012). “The Sons of Osiris: A Side Degree: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection”, p.6, Weiser Books

“Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.”

“A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends.”

Source : Scott Dikkers (2009). “You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day”, p.69, Andrews McMeel Publishing