In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

I spread my fingers outward, letting the knife tip of my middle finger rip the sky as it tares a rift in the moon.

Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table, your bottom on the chair and you start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your brain until it hurts. That's called inspiration.

Whatever we perceive as good in the world has always endured, and it always will.

My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness.

Pride is the great enemy of unity

There is no life after life. Whoever says there is, ignore him! The untruth must be ignored! Stick to the life and the science!

The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.

In maiden meditation, fancy free.

I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.