Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

Let the tumult inside you, bring you peace and solitude.

That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.

Life is so complete that even when we are knocked on our backs, we have the best view of the stars.

To transform yourself, you don't need to do big things. Just do small things in big way. Transformation will follow you!

Happy [is] the man who has learned the cause of things and has put under his feet all fear inexorable fate and the noisy strife of the hell of greed.

It is important to learn how to take criticism seriously, but not personally.

I have three kids. I should know how to take care of them.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.