There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.

I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.

It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs.

I live in one of the coastal cities in Southern California, and every so often I like to take a walk down the boardwalk in Venice during the weekends when it is abuzz with lively activity.

The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics.

Spiritual counselling is helping people find the deep root of stillness in themselves, which is also a connection to everything else.

People everywhere have been very, very good to me, whether I'm with or without cameras.

I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times.

Trevor was as menacing as he was gorgeous. If he were a vampire, he'd be the dark kind, the kind that sneaks up on innocent girls and bites without a thought.

The pressure to give A grades is intense. It comes from the students and increasingly from their parents as well.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

The Price Is Right can really get me going.

Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of make my need greater. I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind.

One aspect of fast London life I have never understood, for example, is the custom of the gym. Why do people go to gyms?

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.