I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.

The idea of choice is easily debased if one forgets that the aim is to have chosen successfully, not to be endlessly choosing.

What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.

The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and to chronicle it.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

In fact, is beginning to use a lot of the language and phraseology that we have used. In fact, I think I saw Hillary Clinton TV ad, and I thought it was me.

I'll probably be popped off by some loony.

Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction.

I try to give to most legitimate requests, but the amount of my contribution and my personal time varies greatly.

Being in the presence of the "other" seems to show me who I am in a way that is really important to me. I feel radically more comfortable in Laos, say, than I do in Pennsylvania.

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.