[To Timothy LaHaye:] So, Mr. LaHaye, when the Rapture happens, can I have your stuff?

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.

He took a moment, as if he were deciding which tack to go with. I think he chose honesty, but it's so hard to tell. And if you chose honesty as a strategy, is it still honesty?

Grown men do not need leaders.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.

Every now and again your life's course can turn on one simple thing, some small decision the import of which isn't at all obvious at the time.

Every fight is a food fight when youre a cannibal.

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts

Give me a few bits of wool to stick on the car, a good gust of mistral wind, and I could come up with a better aerodynamic package on the bridge at Avigon