I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars.

As a child, I tried to play by the rules. I got very good grades in school; I was an Eagle Scout; and I believed in all of it.

The most oblivious people are often the happiest.

I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.

I guess I started to realize that being an agnostic was such a wimpy position.

For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!