Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.

No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.

I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!

"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

I think you should be proud of not being worse than just deeply introverted and socially maladjusted.