I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

I'm not religious. I do have a baby - a four-month old girl - and that's a religion in itself.

If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good

I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.