What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.

There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.

Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.

Your destiny is shaped in your moments of decision.

Yes, human salvation will come through science, but only through the nature-respecting science!

When you go to see the lake, you also see the hippos.

A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!

Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something.

Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

You make a mistake, you keep going.

It thrills observers and makes the wearer feel a million dollars.