I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist.

And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National

Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.

People are wonderful. I love individuals. I hate groups of people. I hate a group of people with a 'common purpose'. 'Cause pretty soon they have little hats. And armbands. And fight songs. And a list of people they're going to visit at 3am. So, I dislike and despise groups of people but I love individuals. Every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking.

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

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?

Children should be taught to question everything . . . everything they read and everything they hear.