I was born in New York.

My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way.

We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible; abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood.

I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.

So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only.

Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.

I was unwilling to - without getting too philosophical about it - I was unwilling to structure my spirituality in the way that the church wanted me to structure it.

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.

Dumbledore's man through and through, aren't you Potter?" "Yeah I am, " said Harry. "Glad we straightened that out.

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations

My manager said the next best inspiration to heartbreak is travel, and it's true.

Brown is a manly color

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.

We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

I don't like working - I just like having done the end product. The process, I like to make it quick and painful.