All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated.

As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gives me a urinary tract infection and hives.' Mr. Bubble was for common people. Mr. Bubble was for my so-called brother, their true child. I was a Vanderbilt. I should bathe in condiments and seasonings.

Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.

If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things.

In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers."

I hate news and information and anything that threatens to puncture the bubble of oblivion in which I live.

This is what happens when you go against the grain of truth. You get splinters later on.