Everything that you know about yourself comes from thinking back, and I think I saw religion as the first big betrayal of me.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

What year did Jesus think it was?

We think in language. We think in words. Language is the landscape of thought.

I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my instincts. They gave me the tools to reject my faith. They taught me to question and think for myself and to believe in my instincts to such an extent that I just said, "This is a wonderful fairy tale they have going here, but it's not for me."

Humor is based on surprise, and surprise is a milder way of saying shock. It's surprise that makes the joke.

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?