The way I portrayed the people is accurate. Because they're human beings and we have a kind of wonderful capacity to be absurd and ridiculous.

Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

It is not about whether you have free will, rather it is about whether you have enough experience to make the best possible wilful decision in the current moment of life.

People should read more.

It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid.

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

...risk is one of the keys that move you from fear to freedom.

Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.

Nothing on Earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.

Unfortunately, creative people are at their most creative when writing their autobiographies.

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.