Your work is your destiny.

Literature is one kind of aesthetic politics.

Always dream high. Never let it down by inconsistent efforts. Your relentless labour & integrity make you successful in the long run.

Every human in this world is greedy.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

My favourite city is Moscow, because of its history, which I find fascinating. As I learned to speak Russian, it made it even more interesting.

...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not.

When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it.

I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.

Peace is the proper result of the Christian temper. It is the great kindness which our religion doth us, that it brings us to a settledness of mind, and a consistency within ourselves.

I am always interested in working and fun things like health insurance.

I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.