I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

Dream big and dare to make it happen. You have a heavy power

Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)

The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm.

Religion is a byproduct of fear.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

Hatred is a parasite that devours all. One doesn't build upon hatred, but upon love.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.