At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings.

San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.

If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there.

I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.

You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything.

You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s.

Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the earliest generations not to just accept the words.

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

Did nothing in particular and did it very well.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously. It takes a lot of energy for me to take something seriously.

To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.

Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself.

People like givers, people want to help givers. I get stuff all the time.

I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

When we travel we find how greatly our boyhood dreams are outstripped by reality.

As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.

I think women are sick and tired of being portrayed as victims, a lot of the time anyway, the bulk of their time on film.