Advertising is a conscienceless industry, populated by cowards and idiots, that warps and drains everyone. It eggs on the worst in all of us. If I could eliminate either advertising or nuclear weapons, I would choose advertising.

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

Every joke can't be dazzling. And if you think you spotted an inconsistency, you did!

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

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

The most oblivious people are often the happiest.