Those people who recognise that imagination is reality's master, we call sages, and those who act upon it, we call artists.

What we have here is an unexpected touchdown on the runway of the heart.

I could say I believe in every drop of rain that . . . Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle--even though it cannot be solved--is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.

I don't want to give the impression that I hold daily conversations with my household appliances, although my toaster is as old as Drew Barrymore and almost as talented.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

What an electric heater perched upon the rim of the bathtub of the world that dead Jesus was.

Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.