be careful of monsters with teeth

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

The more you know, the more unflinchingly you deny casual beliefs and Accepted Wisdom when it flies in the face of reality, the more carefully you observe the world and its people around you, the better chance you have of writing something meaningful and well-crafted.

They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.

If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.

I am responsible for myself. I am exactly who I eventually wanted myself to be, I guess, without consciously knowing what I wanted me to be.

I was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a few friends, or one good friend, or grudging acceptance by other misfits and outcasts. I was alone. All stinking alone, without even an imaginary playmate.