We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

If a piece requires some specific inflection, I'll record it. I take a lot of notes, and later categorize them, combining them alongside existing ideas, and eventually put a piece together.

Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps and wetlands.

I profess no belief in God, which by definition is true, especially if we take the accepted definition of God. But to be an atheist is to also have a belief, and have a system, and I don't know that I like that either.

Movies and television don't make you violent; all they do is channel the violence more creatively.

Where does the dentist go when he leaves the room?

I grew up in New York wanting to be like those funny men in the movies and on the radio.