I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it!

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

I've always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food.

Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.

If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you don't have a regime.

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

Independent is not scary but a brave action.

f you want something, " Tomas had always said "you have to take it. Because nobody's ever going to give it to you. Remember that, little brother.

You're all he ever wants.

Chosing to stay in the moment, is choosing to be free from fear.

There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.

Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.

In the Age of Aquarius, the depression and stress on mankind will tear up people who do not have the technical knowledge of self.

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

I believe - what did Faulkner say? "The past is not even past."