Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

When you fall ill, people send you CDs. Very often, in my experience, these are by Leonard Cohen

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a "Star Wars" defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.

The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.

I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me.