I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.

Courageous dreaming allows you to create from the source, the quantum soup of the universe where everything exists in a latent or potential state.

There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood.

My father taught me that losing your temper is a self-indulgent act.

I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.