Most complaints, you know, aren't won or lost on their own merits, but rather on larger issues--politics and the position of the planets.

Fate is a manifestation of natural causes. That's it. It's not a conscious entity. It has no plan.

What if we're all like that? Like ghosts ... in someone's mind ... gradually fading ... fading ... until finally ... one day ... we just disappear ... drift into nothingness. Wouldn't that be sad?

In Las Vegas, nothing ends very well.

Las Vegas, Nevada: A city where oddities don't make you lame, But instead bring you riches and fortune and fame.

It's not the goods that matter. It's the theft itself. That's what counts.

I am a rune a carrot a little joke

It doesn't matter what kind of world we live in as long as we have each other.

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Why do I write?To be somewhere elseTo get free of ourselvesTo stopTo stop being anything or anywhere at allTo disappear

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.

Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues.

I have to play really loose versions of songs I've made on the computer.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.

I don't think [Mitt] Romney can sit there and wait to win because perhaps people are disappointed with President [Barack] Obama.