Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.

I've always wanted to explore characters of all races, all genders, all ages. It just seems to me to be a natural way to approach any kind of storytelling.

Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.

To some degree Satanism is purely a kind of disease of Christianity. You've got to really be Christian to believe in Satan.