As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.

I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.

The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.

I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.

Keeping an open mind is always important.

Any time you have someone come up and say they love what you do and they get great joy from it is a very humbling experience.

These cybercrime fighters are regarded as the superheroes. They're highly intelligent and have this alien-like, advanced-type knowledge within themselves. It's something that impressed me every day.

Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.

Being a superhero is a lot of fun.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again. Grace Awakening. Book one: Awakening Dreams

Love and hate aren't as far apart as you think.

the way it always did.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I've seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.

Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Western conception of history has had great consequences over the last two hundred years. You see it in the invasion of Iraq. You see it in almost everything that is said and done.

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.