As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague of technology.

Consumerism is our national religion.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

Technology evolves so much faster than wisdom.

When I went to school, they told me literature was a rope I must use to climb out of the dark well of unknowing. Writers are the knots on the rope.

Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

Longing is all that lasts.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

Opinion is the death of knowledge.

A beautiful word of love radiates joy for ever.

But just get through this day. That's all you have to do.

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

I think it's terrible for people in effect to say that income from investment should be taxed at a much lower rate than income from labor.

Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.

The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name.

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

I do tend to take time off. A year and a half ago I went to film school, and before that I had taken years off at a time to be involved politically or this or that.

I have mummy truths to tell Whereat the living mock, Though not for sober ear, For maybe all that hear Should laugh and weep an hour upon the clock.