My art became very public.

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.

Your soul was bought for a price far greater than the world on the cross

All success comes through other people.

Art is the reordering of nature - the qualities of space and time - in new perceptual and material form.

If you want someone to believe in you, believe in others.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk.

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal.

I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl