A confidence man knows he’s lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says — and such belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope.

The Army of Northern Virginia was never defeated. It merely wore itself out whipping the enemy.

Who said I was wise? I’m a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one.

I don't think of myself as a lion. You might as well, though, I have a mighty roar.

You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

**** it, holler them across.

Geniuses are justifiably contemptuous of the opinions of their inferiors.

Morality is your agreement with yourself to abide by your own rules.

I owe most of my wisdom to the problems I was gifted.

Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important.

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.

The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.

Around 20 million premature and low-birth weight babies are born every year and are at high risk of death or disability because of hypothermia.

And while we destroy / Our children will grow / Not missing the things they'll never know / A crime against them / Against you and me / A crime against all humanity

It wasn't a love story." -Tar's dad It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk." -Tar

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed.

I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.