The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done".

If black boxes survive air crashes - why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

I just try to find targets I feel something about and express it my way.

No one who has had "Taps" played for them has ever been able to hear it.

What I hated most was seeing those priests and brothers getting so much pleasure out of inflicting pain. I wondered what was wrong with them.

I am not a complete vegetarian. I eat only animals that have died in their sleep.

I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.