The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt, mindless fascination.

It is now easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.

If everything were transparent, there would be no ideologies.

It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, arent we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

Utopia would seem to offer the spectacle of one of those rare phenomena whose concept is indistinguishable from its reality, whose ontology coincides with its representation.

The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas.

So is it always nationalist to resist US globalization? The US thinks it is, and wants you to agree; and, moreover, to consider US interests as being universal ones.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she and her family were murdered.

People say, "Do you know how much a million dollars is?" I don't have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?

Steal moments of happiness if you have to, and then collect them until they are the dominant images in your psyche.

Allow yourself to go and do it wrong. Don't expect to always get it right. It will prevent you from doing anything.

When you bring consciousness to anything, things begin to shift.

I was a huge Radiohead fan growing up.

All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date.

If you're a fish and you want to be a fish-stick, you have to have very good posture.

The bigotry question goes both ways. There's a lot more anti-Christian bigotry today than there is concerning the other side. None of it gets covered by the news media.

Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures.