A zebra does not change its spots.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

My job takes up many daylight hours, it wakes me in the still of night and fills my head with ghosts and monsters but I love it, telling stories is what I was born to do.

Sure, I had been accused of murder by my family and was wrapped up in a bizarre investigation, but there were such cute boys involved. Hey, I try to look on the bright side.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.

You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.

Please find me a one-armed economist so we will not always hear, "On the other hand..."

The first song I wrote was "Look Both Ways Before You Cross" from Imaginaryland. I started the song by singing a bass line, "hoo hoo hoo hoo."

Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.

And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.