"People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people."

"You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal."

"Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all."

"The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants."

"Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall."

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

"I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable."

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."