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I call this the Fundamental Problem of Political Economy. How do we limit the power that idiots have over us? ... [Milton] Friedmans insight is that a market limits the power that others have over us; conversely, limiting the power that others have over us allows us to have markets. Friedman argued that no matter how wise the officials of government may be, market competition does a better job of protecting us from idiots.
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Most people grow only large enough to solve their problems - not to reach their potential.
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It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
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I thought it would be great to do superheroes that have the same kind of life problems that any reader - that anybody could have.
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When we talk about our lives, long or short, brief and tragic or enduring beyond comprehension, we impose a continuity on them, and that continuity is a lie.
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What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I think this can be done. I think it has been done in the past. I think it could be done even more effectively now because you can provide them with bread and circuses and you can provide them with endless amounts of distractions and propaganda.
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If it felt good, you didn't push hard enough. It's supposed to hurt like hell.
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The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.
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I'm rubber and you're glue," I told Satan, " and everything that bounces of me sticks to you.
