With modern American dentistry it is simply amazing to see what transformation can be wrought in a single day.

How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell.

Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing Visiting today's Iran, I was delighted to find that citizens made a point of defying the clerical ban on booze, keeping it in their homes for visitors even if they didn't particularly take to it themselves, and bootlegging it with great brio and ingenuity. These small revolutions affirm the human.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts.

With modern American dentistry it is simply amazing to see what transformation can be wrought in a single day.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.