I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read the greatest American short story, which is 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' by Ambrose Bierce.

Maybe they invited me because they know I have a tuxedo

I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.

I want you to adore the Universe, to be easily delighted, but to be prompt as well with impatience with those artists who offend your own deep notions of what the Universe is or should be. ‘This above all ...’

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn't get so mad at them.

My father said, ‘When in doubt, castle.’