But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior.

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.

Art is a service, not a product. Created beauty is a relationship, and a relationship with the Holy at that. Reducing such work to 'content' is like praying in swear words. End of Sermon. Back to business.

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

God's jokes are the soul's curriculum.