"It's more blessed to give than receive, Conan."

"I think that a writer's job is to tell the truth, even if it's a lie."

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

"I think that we're all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better--and maybe not all that much better, after all."

"The imagination is a powerful tool. It can create worlds, or it can destroy them."