There is no greater misery than false joys.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
The absolute truth is that there is no power in celebrity.
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.
Kids should be encouraged to compete.
I do not watch television, never have.
A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.
I don't interest myself that much.
Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.
The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Marriage is long enough to have plenty of room for time behind it.
The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
Wisdom is seeing something in a non-habitual manner.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
Billing and cooing to me is worse to witness an execution.
