Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror.

There are no innocent bystanders.

All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else?

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.