Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?

I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.

Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in unjust wars. We are sick about that. We did the best we could.

If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'.

Mother's hug- The only drug that works every time, costs nothing and has no side effects.

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

[I am a co - creator], an active agent in this universe who makes things happen. If I want the world to change, I have to change it.

Everybody says "love you" to each other all the time. It's this lovely little safe world.

They've great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.

It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

Growing up, I used to watch Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, All in the Family. Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, McMillan and Wife and Columbo.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Familiarity can blind too.