Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag.

War, if reason prevails, is waged to obtain a better peace than that which existed prior to the hostilities.

Keep flowing even its good or bad. Stilness is ultimate result of flow, path of yoga is to keep flowing.

Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74)

When the characters are really alive before their author the latter does nothing but follow them in their action in their words in the situations which they suggest to him.

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.

Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!

I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.

Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing

I paint and I sculpt and I enjoy doing things that aren't for the public. There's no pressure to it, it's just something that's a cleansing of the mind.

Humility is the surest sign of strength.