"I don't want to say I'd wipe everybody out, because that's cocky. But they wouldn't beat me."

“I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do, as by the things you do.”

“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”

“You sick, twisted monster," Sabrina seethed at Pinocchio.”

“Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.”

“There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.”

“When I turn on my central air conditioner, I feel like, "Wow, I really have come a long way." Or buying the super expensive organic raw food for my dogs, and I remember when I had to buy the cheapest big bag of kibble. So I think for me it's often in terms of comfort.”

“It's better to be hated than ignored.”

“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.”