And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart.

To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny, and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.

I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

We're only immortal for a limited time.

Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist.