Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity.

Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.

Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

I fall down on the side of free will, simply because if you look at where I came from, and what I was able to do in my life, what was able to happen.

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.