Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. If there's any one word -- if you had to pick one word to describe the nature of the universe -- I think that word would be paradox. That's true at the subatomic level, right through sociological, psychological, philosophical levels on up to cosmic levels.

Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses.

salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb.

Life's an offensive proposition from beginning to end. Maybe those who can't tolerate offense ought to just go ahead and end it all, and maybe those who demand financial compensation for offense ought to have it ended for them.

The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.

Sharks are the criminals of the sea. Dolphins are the outlaws.

Don't confuse symmetry with balance.