It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.' Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal.

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort

I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. Each of these innocents on the street is engulfed by a terror of their own ordinariness. They would do anything to be unique.

It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

Presently the newly awakened psychology will gradually accomplish what pure religious devotion might have done: throw out Paul, and let Jesus in!

If Facebook is Lucky Charms, Instagram is just the marshmallows.

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one.

As a fan, you want to be able to go to a football game, you want to feel secure, you want to be able to just watch the game, root for your team, and that's the way it should be.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.

I clung to that spark of hope, nurturing it into a small flame that chased some of the shadows in my heart away.

You're strong—you're so, so strong. It's why I love you.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.