Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

Before there was any water there were tides of fire, both our tones flow from the older fountain.

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.

Just be quiet and accept the praise.

I never, ever, ever let emotion get in the way of an investment.

For a man who is in love with the existence, nothing is ordinary in life!

I think if you look back through the intellectual history of human beings you can trace the way that intellectual technologies influence the way we think.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

The way you play, you need to talk about winning. Don't talk about keeping your card - talk about winning.