Well, I had nightmares when I was doing the Klan story all the time. I had a recurring nightmare of basically being exposed as a Jew inside the Klan compound.

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.

Believe in God and in yourself and then success will not pass you by

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell.

And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.

We must be skeptical even of our skepticism.

The harder you work when nobody’s watching the less you bleed when it’s time to perform.

My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.

You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out.

When I was younger, things came so easily to me. It was just natural.

It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick.