Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.

Art, after all, is traditionally displayed against vacancies: paintings on dun walls, sculptures in empty spaces, music in quiet halls.

It's not an exaggeration to say that we're on the verge of a meltdown.

Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.

I'm sixty-nine years old, and I have no plans to run for reelection. Do you think I give a damn?

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

In the act of creativity, the artist lets go the self-control which he normally clings to and is open to riding the wind.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

Not exactly smashing stereotypes of liberals as mincing pantywaists, the left's entire contribution to the war effort thus far has been to whine.

It is much more likely that you will attain liberation if you want liberation for others, than just for yourself.

Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

Reality television is a scripted hyper-life that employs writers, but won't allow them to call themselves writers or join the union.