The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing.

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.

What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.

The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and to chronicle it.

I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer.

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Nobody could stand an eternity of Heaven.

O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. It wad frae money a blunder free us And foolish notion.

Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.

I want to be a work of art, at least in my soul, since I can’t be one in my body.

I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for?

Contracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way.

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two times-but never three.

Love Him, and keep Him for thy Friend, who, when all go away, will not forsake thee, nor suffer thee to perish at the last.