Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers.

I want to do everything. That's my problem. Life is short, and I hate the idea of turning down anything. You never know what interesting experience might happen.

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.

If I tell a hotel I'm a travel writer, I can't get out of there without spending a few hours looking at every single room!

Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind.

In six days the Lord created the heavens and the earth and all the wonders therein. There are some of us who feel that He might have taken just a little more time.

Well, all cricket invites attention.

I really fancy Eddie Redmayne. I wouldn't mind a few steamy scenes with him.

There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.