The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things - bad language and whatever - it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition.

One philosopher has rightly said that property is theft. But I'd like to use my future ownership of property to give something back.

They [the Reagan Administration] want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals. They're against street crime, providing that street isn't Wall Street.

We think in language. The quality of our thoughts and ideas can only be as good as the quality of our language.

If you had chicken at lunch and chicken at dinner, do you ever wonder if the two chickens knew each other?

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky.

My mother didn't get home until about seven most nights and, yes, there was a sense of being very alone after school. She gave me all the proper guidance and influences, but physically, she just couldn't be there.