Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

I was unrecognizable even to family. When Kim saw me she yelled, " That's not Amy!" Just before she passed out.

Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.

I am blessed with a good metabolism, and as long as I work out, carbs don't add to my weight. If I need a leaner, meaner look for a film, I go off carbs for a bit.

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read.

Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.

Leave my image alone... I will behave as I think I should and I will not change anything.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.

Any talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.