I usually am thinking about my next book the second I put the last dot on the previous one that I turn in.

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try

If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

Greatness is in simplicity and in kindness, like Mother Theresa.

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue to run down for a long time. He knew the feeling.

Other people imagined demons and monsters under the bed. Robert had actually seen them.

I've started to really become aware of the world we live in, what's really going on.

If you cage a wild thing, you can be sure it will die, but if you let it run free, nine times out of ten it will run back home.

Candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald trump], we look forward to hearing you articulate your policies and your positions, as well as your visions and your values.

I never like seeing myself on screen.

I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.

I don't know what to say, except I love Ryan Dunn and I'm really going to miss him.

Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body.