Primary goal for the author: 'Write what you mean to say'Primary goal for the reader: 'Read what the author actually writes

What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first.

We don't have to suppose we need oil, or governments, or anything.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

We've got to have good schools in every zip code.

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

My favorite sign here says, "I care about you." In a culture that trains people to avoid each other's gaze, to say, "Let them die," that is a deeply radical statement.

There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.

Laugh a lot. Laughter will make even the dreariest situations a whole lot more enjoyable.

What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!