Of all the groups that sometimes claim to own your life, family is the hardest to defend your individual sovereignty from.

This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.

Government is waging war against the people.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope.

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

I'm tired of living in a police state.

[N]o one's ever been able to show me any difference between democracy and brute force. It's just a majority ganging up on a minority with the minority giving in to avoid getting massacred.

Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.

The most dangerous and successful conspiracies take place in public, in plain sight, under the clear, bright light of day -- usually with TV cameras focused on them.

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

To avoid all possibility for error is to avoid all possibility for growth.

Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.

All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

I've qualified second I don't know how many times. Qualifying isn't my strong suit.

[Charles McPherson] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his.

Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil.

I used to dream. I used to glance beyond the stars. Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far!

To be religious is not to feel, but to be.

Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation.