On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

Right, " said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.

To hear how great your friends think you are: fake your death, or, get married.

When I visit someplace new my favorite thing to do is eat...and walk, preferable to a place where I can eat some more.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

I've always been a foodie. My grandmother got me hooked on cooking.

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

To be honest, my social life is my work. It's quite boring to say, but I meet a lot of people, and we have people from different creative disciplines. I enjoy life right now, and I enjoy work.

I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around.

Such is Life [Executed by hanging.]

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do