A great percentage of the mistakes I discovered in my own work, could be attributed to testimonies.

At crucial junctures, every individual makes decisions and ... every decision is individual.

The Jews are the conscience of the world. They are the father figures, stern, critical, and forbidding.

The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.

Oppression is as American as apple pie.

If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.

Heresy makes for progress.

Who doesn't feel studious when he doesn't have a girl with a Riviera suntan?

My heart is not peripheral to me.

I think that artifice is the new reality. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

When I was stalking my special lady friend on MySpace, people would always say, 'Is this really Marilyn Manson or some kind of psycho?' And I'm like, 'Both'

Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what I got.