Death in my mind isn't a finality. There's a continuum: It's like at night, you go to sleep and in the daytime you wake up, or whenever you wake up, and it's a new day.

I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.

I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.

I like things that go into hidden, mysterious places, places I want to explore that are very disturbing. In that disturbing thing, there is sometimes tremendous poetry and truth.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.

Mankind was not meant to suffer -- bliss is our nature. The individual is cosmic. Let's rock.

Absurdity is what I like most in life.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

We only dream of images we already have inside of us.

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry.

O God make us your people. Be our God!

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.

I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive.

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas

I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.

It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.

Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids.