The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought.

Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment.

Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.