It's not true unless it makes you laugh, but you don't understand it until it makes you weep.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks.

I am not being overly harsh. Overtly hostile, yes, but exactly the right amount of harsh.

You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.

Do I have a message? Yes, I do. Here's my message: as scary as the world is – and it is – it is merely a ride ...

I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two sections of world history that really interest me.

Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

I can't tell you how many pictures I've missed just 'cause I've been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.

People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.

Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think.

Before you do anything, whatever it is, figure out who you are first.