There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet Street, who could think of anything better to do than abuse it....

The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.

An editor sleeping with his writer was not as bad as a psychoanalyst sleeping with his patient, or even a professor sleeping with an undergraduate, let alone a president with an intern.

If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.

Blessed tree and blessed birds, that were to be neither saved nor damned.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

People need to realize that their thoughts are more primary than their genes, because the environment, which is influenced by our thoughts, controls the genes.

For those who do not wish to step away from consensus, the creative is useless at best; at worst, it is dangerous.

For as long as he could remember, he’d suffered from a vague nagging feeling of being not all there.

Those who think clean thoughts do not do dirty deeds.

If you are not careful, soon you will have men locking themselves in dungeons so that you can rescue them.

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

Long words, fat talk they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?

I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.