Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

It is the sweat of the servants that make their squire look smart.

True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves.

I think my life is a movie and your life reflects your work.

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

The opposite of patience is not impatience, but unbelief.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

Sometimes you just gotta cry, but you never,ever do it in public.

The defective can be more than the entire.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.