People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose it. The image of your head on the end of a stick is a strong incentive toward 'visualizing world peace'.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum