When 9/11 hit, the second thing I said to myself was, 'This really is what religious people do.' Those people flying the plane were very good, very pious, truly faithful believers. There's no other way to paint them. Of course, they are extremists by definition, but they certainly aren't going against Islam in any real way.

The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for the nerdy kid who studies comic books and turns into this genius, and it is also true for the nerdy kid who listens to every nerdy thing that Led Zeppelin put out. That kind of obsession in a 16-year-old is not ugly. It's beautiful.

I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.

It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.

Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.

I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there.

I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.