You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of the people found in its jails.

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

The jingling of a fat purse always commands the world.

True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.

Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.

You will find it easiest to ride the avalanche in the direction it already travels.

The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them.

We are expected to be pretty and well-dressed until we drop.

All success in life comes to naught if it is laced with vanity.

Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them.

If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.

When I'm buying car insurance I ask myself, 'Which company has the most annoying and relentless commercials?'

If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets

I am not afraid; I was born to do this.

Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. And measuring originality by deviation from the mass breeds eccentricity in them.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.