I have things that are strident and confrontational, and I have a lot of things that are childlike and innocent and sort of sweet. So, somewhere in between lies the middle of me.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

When we rest, our energy is restored.

A genius looks at something that others are stuck on and gets the world unstuck.So the question is: Have you ever done that?

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that you ain't learned nothing.

You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use.

Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.

There's this idea that when you turn 40, you automatically go to adult contemporary heaven, but I want to try and challenge that.

I have been painting models with black and brown skin only for the past years. So, I did already have this experience, this is how I have come to the paintings I do now.

My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.