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

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.

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.

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.

Great treasures bring out great greed in the hearts of men and great greed has been the downfall of many nations. - from "Opoponax Dreams

Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?

A Parent's insecurity is a Child's nightmare

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

In the white light of eternity, there is only eternity.

Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard of the power of books, which may endure for generations.

You've achieved cheerfulness the day you realize that no matter what's happening around you, being anything other than cheerful will not make it better.

Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.

There is no such thing as a publishable first draft.

If your ride through life is not as smooth as you would like it to be, blaming the road may not be the answer.