The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

What are you going to do with all that dark?Find a way to glow in it.

As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

She thinks that charm is a form of intelligence, and she respects the intelligence.

Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.

It's so easy to conform and to follow. It's very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.

For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.

I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.

The were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times

What a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things?