People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.

You were born to conquer and triumph in all circumstances, because anyone who has a strong faith in God always finds a way to conquer every battle.

A man's work is from sun to sun but a mother's work is never done.

Patriotism has no appeal to us justice has. Party has no weight with us principle has. Loyalty is meaningless it depends on what one is loyal to.

Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.

The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.

A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

The world has always been like a comic book world to me! What's happened is that communications got better and better, so now with cell-phones we can be in touch with people half a globe away.

Nature's bank-dividends.

Creativity is innate and it manifests itself in so many forms. It needs to come out somehow or it destroys you in some way.