Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become a storage room without a key. We are forced to suppress or forget so many events and ideas and thoughts that those to which we should have access are lost in the welter. However, there are people who seem capable of unlocking this part of their minds and extracting relevant information.

Sanity is a matter of culture and convention. If it's a crazy culture you live in, then you have to be irrational to want to conform. A completely rational person would recognize that the culture was crazy and refuse to conform. But by not conforming, he is the one who would be judged crazy by that particular society.

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

There is no such thing as an ex-exhibitionist.

Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.