There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'

I sure would like to get kissed.How would that feel on my mouth, How different would I be after, a changed climate down in my insides?

You're ready. Start making stuff.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.

You reach into cyberspace and you grab some cyber stuff, build it up, and the computer will give you a 360 of it.

I think America is moving to a much more connected, inclusive and compassionate place.

It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.

I always tried to make a diverse album in terms of emotions and sounds.

I've learned more, and I understand the process a bit better now. I can try to see how long I want to take in each aspect of the filmmaking process, and then arrive at around the two-year end mark.

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art.

I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are far from my own life.