For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

One of the unexpectedly important things that art can do for us is to teach us how to suffer more successfully.

Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.

The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.

When I see someone like Richard Dawkins, I see my father. I grew up with that. I'm basically the child of Richard Dawkins.

The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.