...a distorted development of autonomy is the root cause of the pathological and, ultimately, evil element in human beings.

If people base their identity on identifying with authority, freedom causes anxiety. They must then conceal the victim in themselves by resorting to violence against others.

We would rather forgive the evil proliferating all around us than the rebellion against it, which we mistake for the true evil.

Don’t expect the world to dish you your wishes, go out and serve yourself.

No matter where you go, there you are.

To die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier.

I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I had a chance to choose a couple different places and, well, I grew up - I was a small-town kid from Illinois, so No. 1, just trying to win a championship for my home state.

I've only ever been interested in drugs as therapeutic tools.

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is

Some things just won’t go away, no matter how hard you scrub.

When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.