Men often struggle with their attraction to other women. They don't quite understand why they have to be with the same woman forever.

I tend to look at the world more from Voltaire's perspective. Incidentally, if you haven't read Candide lately, it's a fabulous book. It's riotously, laugh-out-loud funny in a way that no Shakespeare comedy will ever be.

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

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

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

I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh again.

Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he's a sovereign in his tiny domain, it's just an adaptation to life.