I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

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

Things are tough all over, cupcake, an' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike...except in California.

I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

I thought as much. Miss Murray, though I am a beast, do not think that I am stupid. I know that I am hideous and hateful. I am not loved, nor ever hope to be. Nor am I fool enough to think that what I feel for you is love. But in this world, alone, I do not hate you. And alone in this world, you do not hate me.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.