“Living your life on your own terms is utterly glorious. It makes perfect sense to you, but you have to be willing to let go of everything else. It has to be okay if nobody else likes that, but then...”

“Self-expression has to come out pure. It has to have an environment waiting for it. It has to have a garden it can plant itself in.”

“Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as theyre told because they are hungry to get approval.”

“Sex is a metaphor for everything else and everything is a metaphor for sex as well. Because sex is a coming together of two weather patterns, two separate countries, two entities in a conscious sta...”

“Monsters always make more trouble before they die.”

“Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.”

“I am not a fan of the magical quick fix in any fiction, including fantasy, scifi and comic books. Unless Dr. Who is involved, and then only because we get to use the phrase 'Timey-wimey wibbliness'...”

“German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everything: I love my wife! I love all my friends! I love rock music! I love the rain! I love comic boo...”

“When I was very young, before I could read, I remember being very interested in comic books.”

“In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”

“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the takingit away from those who have a different complexion or slightlyflatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you lookinto it too mu...”

“My idea of success has little to do with fame. I just wanted to know if I could play with the best musicians in the business.”