You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

I got married before I found myself. People should find themselves before they get married.

It's perfectly clear to me that religion is a myth. It's something we have invented to explain the inexplicable. My religion and the spiritual side of my life come from a sense of connection to the humankind and nature on this planet and in the universe. I am in overwhelming awe of it all: It is so fantastic, so complex, so beyond comprehension. What does it all mean -- if it has any meaning at all? But how can it all exist if it doesn't have some kind of meaning? I think anyone who suggests that they have the answer is motivated by the need to invent answers, because we have no such answers.

I think being connected to younger people helps to keep you young and gives you a young attitude.

My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, was a brunette. But since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonds.

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.