“There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one.”

“So many things happen that we can't control, its best not to worry about what we can. Believing you can change the world has a terrible effect on one's ego.”

“I get a lot of big ideas, and occasionally I actually come up with one myself.”

“I don’t believe in a lot of phenomena that fall under the term ‘parapsychology.’ Especially that one branch, psychology. You’re going to tell me there’s something inside my head, controlling me?”

“Like a valet who commits grand theft auto not to go for a joy ride but to open a used car lot, so do we seize upon love not to revel in its ecstasies but to haggle over its blue-book value.”

“I don’t read biographies for moral instruction, or for a history lesson. I want to know what people are saying about me.”

“When one's unconscious is full of vice, nothing realizes inner potential like hypocrisy.”