Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.

Vegas is purposefully constructed as a self-enclosed and isolated biosphere, sort of what a recreational colony built on the moon might be like.

Psychotherapy -- A long, drawn out process consisting of subtle probings of the human mind, whereby women are blamed for all of Freud's shortcomings.

And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

Experiences might teach us to be cautious, but never to be paranoid. Paranoia is a limiter of destiny

It’s scary when it’s real. When it’s not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'

The smell of subjectivity clings to the mechanical definition of complexity as stubbornly as it sticks to the definition of information.

Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.

The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.

I believe that these devices like repetition and rhyme are not artificial, that they're not imposed, somehow, on the language.

Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them