Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.

I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.

Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.

Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.