The great thing about my life is that everything I've done is a result of what I was when I was 12 or 13.

The average TV commercial of sixty seconds has one hundred and twenty half-second clips in it, or one-third of a second. We bombard people with sensation. That substitutes for thinking.

Writing can be described in two verbs: Throw up and clean up.

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.

What church could compete with the fireworks of the pure soul?