There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

A good writer must have more than vin rosé in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink.

Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.

Art, science, philosophy, religion -- each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience.

It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.

Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.

One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please.