It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products.

The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered.

When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.

What do we believe? Why do we believe it?

My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.

I created hoaxes. I confronted and challenged the majority opinion. I attacked, humiliated, and criticized the voice of the corporate mainstream media.

Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.

We might give her presents, tell some tales, but would she ever be able to really understand what the journey had been like for us?

You're not challenging anyone else but yourself. I'd like to have a 300-pound bench, 500-pound deadlift, and a 400-pound squat.

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

We are human and our nature is to air...

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.

Success comes from what you do, not from what you say you are going to do.

If you know your Bible and your Shakespeare and can shoot craps, you have a liberal education.

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.

You can have a disordered relationship with food, but to have an eating disorder is indicative of a mental illness, which I think needs treatment and recognition in a different way.