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'.

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

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.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

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

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront