I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.

True love is not giving power to the other person, but instead is empowering you to make that person happy.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

I had to find a way to paint abstractly, which is what I wanted to do. I couldn't forget Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, I mean that was the basis.

But I just want to be known for my football.

I've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched, miserable and sinful they are.

By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties.

The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

I do a lot of vintage shopping. I love going to second-hand stores.