I guess all that's left is to love the fire.

I'm a great believer in the hereafter, in karma, in reincarnation. It does make sense. I believe that God is not just a law-giver, but a creative artist. The greatest of all. And what characterises artists is that they want to redo their work. Maybe it didn't come off perfectly, so they want to see it done again, and improved. Reincarnation is a way for God to improve his earlier works.

America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big, powerful country that is as patriotic as America? And patriotic in the tinniest way, with so much flag waving? You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country.

Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union by increasing armaments.

Faction is that hybrid of documented fact and novelistic elaboration.

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.

Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment.