Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It's the biggest influence on everybody's life.

When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can.

If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

I don't wanna go on vacation. There's nothing about it that appeals to me. People look forward to doing that; I look forward to getting up every day and doing something.

The only thing wrong with marriage is that one of the persons involved is a man.

My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

You need to eat, but you don't really need to eat filet mignon every night or buy bottles of champagne at a thousand a pop.