I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.

I find some unity with Ron Paul.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Don't go through life, grow through life.

For the immediate future, at least, the outlook (stocks) is bright.

You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality.

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.

Without such a thing as fast food, there would be no need for slow food.

A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.

Yes, Warren has done very well.

One can rarely achieve greatness on the path of least resistance.