Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners.

Growing up, I believed in miracles. I guess I don’t anymore.

Every comic went through their Mitch Hedberg phase - the glasses, the hair in the face - and you knew immediately when they were doing it.

I have insomnia, and it's hard for me to sit still for a long time. My mind is always "tick, tick, tick."

The decisions you make today will determine the stories you tell tomorrow.

I think bankers will always get away with whatever they can get away with.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

In autumn, don't go to jewellers to see gold; go to the parks!

Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day.