My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that. – Jim Gaffigan
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. – George Herbert Mead
I understand that when people read my books that there’s something there – but I don’t identify with it. – Kathy Acker