You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.

My mother was gone. The whole world should be black and cold. Nothing should look beautiful.

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could try something like that.

He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.

Books are growing more honest at a younger age, and the world is becoming less warm and fuzzy. Or at least the monsters are out in the open.

Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.

I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.

When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it, then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague then bat.

More is required than a common last name to truly be called a family.