I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.

Perfection is inexistent. It is the short-lived joy of muddling in the dips of a superficial life in a bid to bury who we really are.

If you don’t do anything today without power

I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

Even defensive portfolios should be changed from time to time, especially if the securities purchased have an apparently excessive advance and can be replaced by issues much more reasonable priced.

I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like 'bootylicious.'

I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.

Every thought of God is prayer.

At its essence, the message of the Occupations is simply this: ‘Here in the face of power we will sit and create a new society, in which you do count.’

If you're a retail investor, you have set aside some of your hard-earned money for investment or to create a nest egg, for your kids or family.