As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.

sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.

Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.