I get called 'Mayor West' a lot in airports. I've been very fortunate to have a fan base that keeps growing, and the work gets such a warm response and humor from people.

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

When I was a kid, I read comics. But when I saw how funny it was, and how wonderfully absurd, I said, "You know, I gotta do this."

If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or my stupidity, I'm not sure which.

Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb!

Hand me down the shark repellent Bat-Spray!

Be very careful about your care. Don't use it for sexual high jinks. It can get ugly - trust me. Also be careful when flushing.

I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.

One of the first things I look for in a woman I meet is a sense of humor, a sort of light acceptance of the world and the people who live in it.

When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.

The self as the essence of individuality is unitemporal and unique; as an archetypal symbol it is a God-image and therefore universal and eternal.

Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American.

Although we think that we think, most of the time we are being thought by the collective mind, the hypnosis of conditioning.

The only thing you have to know are your words.

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

The human soul is God's treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.

I used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck. Then it was a monkey's paw. Now it's a camel's toe.

Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.