I have filled 3 Mead notebooks trying to figure out whether it was Them or Just Me.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Democrasy comes into grave danger when truth is no longer spoken to power.

The day of birth is a sacred day.

Capitalism and socialism are tools. Each have pros and cons. For each task, use the one that makes the most sense.

It is much more worthwhile to implement only one bright idea than collecting a thousand of them.

Talent is more erotic when it's wasted.

All mirrors are magical mirrors, and we never see our faces in them.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are us.

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

Simple smile, a cheerful hello or a word of encouragement It's amazing what an impact you will have.