Here's what I've learned about dogs: They're a lot like pretty girls. Having one or two around makes everything more fun, but when you get a whole bunch together, it turns into one big power struggle.

Freedom has a way of destroying things.

Hard work's a good distraction.

It is kind of strange watching your personal history become costume.

I can't imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.

We will make them think it's their idea. That's how all great leaders fool people.

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.

I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; they strangled.