I don't wear tattoos to freak her out

That's what my mother doesn't understand about my lipstick and dark clothes. I don't wear tattoos to freak her out

Power is not found in muscles

If you think that I am mad now, then take away my books, and you'll find I've completely gone insane!

I'm a Republican, by the way.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

Everyone who works in the domain of fiction is a bit crazy. The problem is to render this craziness interesting.

The diversity of our cultures is Europe's greatest asset. We have to preserve this asset. And any political intervention that reduces this diversity is a loss to Europe.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.

Everything can be satirized.