I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.

I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser.

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.

It's my mission to tell the Australians from abroad in my work that Australia is a wonderful place.

Some people have constipation of the brain but their mouth has the runs.

Wham, bam, thank you Ma'am.

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

If you're looking for messages, try Western Union.

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum