As much as I love my family, I enjoy it when the house is empty, because then I know I'm truly alone, as we all are on the planet, after all. Every atom in us is originally from a star. And during my moments of aloneness, I'm most mindful of that; that I'm just another group of matter randomly but wonderfully arranged. That's when I feel my immortality.

Why do they bother with a suicide watch when someone is on death row? "Keep an eye on this guy. We're gonna kill him, and we don't want him to hurt himself."

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

I saw Danny Kaye in a movie, and he was doing voices and faces on that big, big screen and making whole audiences laugh. It was just an instant hookup.

I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an Indian school.

Cocaine was different. It kept saying, "You haven't had enough." I became an abuser almost instantly.

If you're reading it in a book, folks, it ain't self-help. It's help.