The difference between love and logic is that in the eyes of a lover, a toad can be a prince, whereas in the analysis of a logistician, the lover would have to prove that the toad was a prince, an enterprise destined to dull the shine of many a passion.

There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims.

Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they can secure it for us in their vaults, or at least insure it against fire and theft. They are mistaken.

We approach the divine by enlarging our souls and lighting up our brains.

The universe does not have laws. It has habits. And habits can be broken.

America is a nation of 270 million people: 100 million of them are gangsters, another 100 million are hustlers, 50 million are complete lunatics, and every single one of us is secretly in show business. Isn't that fabulous?

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.