Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

We are nothing but shadows Fading away Trying to hold on to This bittersweet life That we call our own...

Doesn't reincarnation strike you as just another form of procrastination?

I think Donald Trump is a complete and utter buffoon and a cancer to our society.

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.

The good news is I have time.

Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

I'm really grateful for how my career has unfolded.

Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.