Two radical ideas have been introduced into human thought. One of them is that energy and matter are pretty much the same sort of stuff. That's Einstein. The other is that revenge is a bad idea. Revenge is an enormously popular idea but, of course, Jesus came along with the radical idea of forgiveness. If you're insulted, you have to square accounts. So this invention by Jesus is as radical as Einstein's.

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.

Literature is the only art in which the audience performs the score.

I never asked to be born in the first place.

If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.

Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.