There's nothing at the center of what we do...No center. It doesn't exist. All of us-look at our lives: We have an acceptable level of affluence. We have entertainment. We have a relative freedom from fear. But there's nothing else.

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.

Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.

Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience.

The past is a finite resource.

How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?