Once there was a race, quite unlike the human race - quite. I have no way of describing to you what they looked like or how they lived, but they had one characteristic you can understand: they were creative. The creating and enjoying of works of art was their occupation and their reason for being.

Faith is intellectual laziness.

If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be - instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.

In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.