I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.

As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

You can't drown yourself that simply. All good suicides involve speed and irreversibility, because the body will always move to protect itself against the sicko mind trying to do it in.

But you hate poetry!Yes, but you make me want to write it.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

An historian without political passions is as rare as a wasp without a sting.

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.

It's a Wonderful Life. This film illustrates that if you treat your customers with respect, they will recognize you and even help when you're most in need.

We strain to hear. But instead of hearing an answer we catch sight of God himself scraped and torn. Through our tears we see the tears of God

There are atoms of air in your lungs that were once in the lungs of everyone who has ever lived. In essence, we are breathing (inspiring) one another.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.

America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.