But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

Better my right hand should have been cut off. Go know I was setting in motion events that would lead to the ruin of one of the few truly good men I ever met.

Bad days my memory functions no better than an out-of-focus kaleidoscope, but other days me recall is painfully perfect.

In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

And what if Miriam and I were never to be reconciled?

War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.

Self-responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self-actualizing individual.

I'm a Valley Girl. You can't get me out of the Valley, I'm still here.

We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.

Sometimes you won't feel pleasant during a meditation session; it seems like an uphill run. But when you get to the top, the view is rather breathtaking.

What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.

If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.

I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.

My thing is that I'm in love with love. Actually, I'm in love with the possibility of true love. Which could be considered a major problem.