What took you so long? Waiting for Buddha?

In my country, when we think about the future, we shake.

Most men overestimate themselves. It’s the only way they can reproduce. It’s why we’re all here, us humans. Overestimation.

If it’s not one god it’s another. Allah or oil. Jesus or Jewels. Lenin or lust.

Why ruin the present by talking about the past?

I believe in the goddess of mystery. And she’s always pregnant!

After all, the whole of humanity was anchored by inventions, contrivances, unrealities. Xiao Li lived on dreams, as most people do.

A kite only flies if it’s tethered.

Hungry for what? Money? No. Power? Over people? That was like having power over clams.

It’s only a cut, a reminder of this day. A reminder to ask every day, Why am I doing this?

The people need a strong leader. They feel insecure if they don’t know who to fear. Isn’t that why god was invented?

Worry is heavy weight.

I switch between fixed forms and free verse often, and enjoy being a poet who can "swing both ways," so to speak.

I still dont consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, Ill go onto something else.

One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.

If [Donald ] Trump wins, they [ white supremacists] could be running the country.

It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy.

Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

Taste classifies, and it classifies the classifier