I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.

Ideas can come while reading a good novel.

Oh, well, ” yawned Vernon, “we all know that it’s you Christians who go in for whips and tortures and burnings alive. Poor degraded sensualists like myself believe in the motto ’Live and let live.

My ability to make up lies on the spot chills me as much as it saves me.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.

When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human conscience.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.

I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.