And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20.

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.

During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn't do it. Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.

Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you'll discover will be wonderful: yourself.

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.