The blues is a low down achin' chill.

I had a patient once who dreamed she kept her husband in the deep freeze except for mating. Lots of men feel that way.

Believe in yourself and have confidence that you can compete against all odds. Have a vision of what you'd like to accomplish and be able to articulate that vision.

Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.

Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.

You may bury my body down by the highway side. So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and ride.

Hello Satan, it's time to go. Me and the devil, walkin' side by side.

Loneliness is a hell of a drug.

All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them.

I woke up this mornin' Feelin' round for my shoes Know 'bout I got these, Old walkin' blues.

Blues fallin' down like hail And the day keeps on worryin' me There's a hell hound on my trail.

Never adjust your goals, amplify your might.

I’ve never known a tranquil atheist. Don’t they always look like they just sat on a tack?

I don't expect to try to get people to like everything I do. I want them to respect what I do.

I think relationships are work, but love is a gift.

I hate dates. I sit at home all day, and I don't fart once. I go on a date and I've got twenty in the bank straight away.

I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Once I'm obsessed with somebody, I'm terrified of them instantly. I'm not scared of them - I'm scared of me and how I will react.

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.

Television has changed. The very nature of it is not even television anymore.