Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.

Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emo

If one does not develop, one goes down. In life, in ordinary conditions everything goes down, or one capacity may develop at the expense of another.

Imagine if you could dream about your books, read them in your dreams and learn them. You will never need to study in your life again. Just sleep.

I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.

The one thing you don't want to be is a sucky clean comic. I hate sucky clean comics! It's like Christian rock, bro. I'd rather listen to gospel and Christian rock. That's cheating!

There might be many similarities between Erdogan and Putin. We can see that in the current developments, unfortunately. But Viktor Orban seriously does not fit in that list.

Aspen is the life to live, see how much there is to give. See how strongly you believe, see how much you may receive.

I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed.

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political to be effective.

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen.

I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired.