"If you have a problem, and you don't deal with it, it gets worse. That's a law of nature."

"If you're a man, you have a responsibility to be a monster, and to control that monster."

"The idea that you can just be an ethical person without suffering is a very naive idea."

"You have to take responsibility for your own life. No one else is going to do it for you."

"The idea that you can just get rid of all prejudice is a very naive idea. Prejudice is part of human nature."