The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have been trying to tell us is that we have it all, each of us, all the time; therefore, desire is simply unnecessary.

Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have known all along that it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek.

All dreams continue in the beyond.

I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.

Eating a raw oyster is like french kissing a mermaid.

The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life.

To an artist a metaphor is as real as a dollar.