“Bad people? What kind of bad people? Members of the Church of Satan? Insurance salesmen? People who don’t speak English?”

“Instead of loving people and using money, people often love money and use people.”

“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.”

“Often, what people don't say tell you more about the nature of their insecurities than what they do say.”

“For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.”

“Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing. God only knows why more people don't do it more often.”

“I've been told, by various people, that I think too much. This is incorrect! The truth is that I deliberately challenge people to think more than they would like to.”