There is no shame in impulse.
Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic.
Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don’t put it in a list. Don’t even say the words.
ETHNOMAGNETISM: The tendency of young people to live in emotionally demonstrative, more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: ‘You wouldn’t understand it there, mother-they hug where I live now.’
I didn’t realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience.
You’re right, a spleen is a strange thing-we technically don’t need one, but maybe spleens are kept in our bodies in case we mutate or evolve, and if we grow wings or tentacles we need to have the spleen in place in order for them to work.
Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn’t exist yet. Fate is for losers!
I ma trying to feel more well adjusted than I really am, which is, I guess, the human condition.
Only the disenfranchised can party with abandon.
What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we’re not animals?
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
It is indeed a mistake to confuse children with angels.
What is prayer but a wish for the events in your life to string together to form a story – something that makes some sense of events you know have meaning.
God is what keeps us together after the love is gone.
Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.
I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.
I like doing radio because it’s so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you’re inside there heads, not only that, you’re in there laying eggs.
I guess the thing about exposing your heart is that people may not even notice it. Like a flop movie. Or they’ll borrow your heart and they’ll forget to return it to you.
Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.
Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.