What we call patriotism, in other words, is a calculable force which, released by a predictable situation, will animate man in a manner no different from other territorial species.

There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know, one discovers that no one else knows either.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

I told my imagination to discontinue communication with my thoughts.

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.

Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.'

The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

Proceedings at law are sufficiently expensive.