The Greatest evils inflicted by man over the face of the Earth are wrought not by the self-seekers, the pleasure lovers, or the merely amoral, but by the fervent devotees of ethical principles.

The virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power.

The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life.

It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason.

I have need of angels. Enough hell has swallowed me for too many years. But finally understand this--I have burned up one hundred thousand human lives already, from the strength of my pain.

So I left words of forgiveness to God and liars and I enjoyed my hatred.

Imagination is a place where all the important answers live.

There is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

I like to be myself. Misery loves company

They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other.

Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.

This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem.

Take your mind out every now and then and dance on it. It is getting all caked up.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.