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" I think of images as an immune system and a transit system. "

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" I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud. "

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" My childhood is always going to limit me. "

" 'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't. "

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" Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet. "

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" For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness. "

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" It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder. "

" Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke. "

" I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals. "

" There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work. "

" I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky. "

" If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time. "

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" I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. "

" Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time. "

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" The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock. "

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