How does anybody ever think of anything?

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.