Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that you are an important person, that you are a lot smarter than most people, and that your ideas are so damned important that everybody should listen to you.

Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.

Conspiracy is just another name for coalition.

Everyone look around and see if you can spot the NARCS. They're the ones who look like hippies.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.