If people insist on living as if there's no tomorrow, there really won't be one.

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.

I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was.

I go on many thrilling adventures and wondrous, profound escapades through books.

The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead.

All right - I'll tell you what you did for me: you went for happy, silly, beautiful walks with me.

Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.