It's in the democratic citizen's nature to be like a leaf that doesn't believe in the tree it's part of.

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.

Do not think of defeat if the battle is not won yet

Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?

I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.

I love cold, rainy weather.

Never put a foot down in the middle of a foot rub.

Life is not too short... we just wait too long to begin it.

Every thought is public, Every nook is wide; Thy gossips spread each whisper, And the gods from side to side.

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

I always liked records that didn't explain themselves too well - ones that you had to listen a few times.

We need to embark on a human revolution. A revolution where our reality is not replaced by drones but augmented by technology to do better.