That's basically what the drive is: "I want to be famous, I want to be noticed, and I want to be approved of." That's basically what you're after. "Give me attention, give me applause, give me an audience. A. A. A. Straight As." That's all you're looking for.

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more than sympathetic contempt. I view my species with a combination of wonder and pity, and I root for its destruction. And please don't confuse my point of view with cynicism; the real cynics are the ones who tell you everything's gonna be all right.

I do something about the weather. I stay home.

You know who would make an interesting murder-suicide? Madeline Albright and Yanni.

"Fussy eater" is a euphemism for "big pain in the ass."