Struggle is less effective than doing nothing.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

One of the best lovers in Hollywood. What would a title like that encompass exactly? she wondered. Technique? Enthusiasm? Or was it more about equipment?

The hit and run of thoughts on ideas is a havoc.

The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.

It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos.

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.

Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that.

Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. The three keys to a spiritual life.