I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

I had this sense that I was part of, sort of a lineage of artists and writers through history that have had mood disorders.

The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying to understand.

I find that stability is good for my creativity.

I just really respond to comics. I find it a really exciting medium.

But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.

Meditation is a great tool which can be used to create harmony between the inner subconscious world and the outer chaotic world.

Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you.

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.

When we feel deeply, we reason profoundly.

For a while I didn't have a car . . . I had a helicopter . . . no place to park it, so I just tied it to a lamp post and left it running. [slow glance upward]

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.