“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. ”

“Gene Siskel used to describe old-age makeup as making young actors look like turtles.”

“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”

“Of all the purposes of education, I think the most useful is this: It prepares you to keep yourself entertained. It gives you a better chance of an interesting job.”

“All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.”

“My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables, chairs and the floor, and Chaz observes that I haven’t read many of them and I never will. You just never know. One day I may — need is the word I use — to read Finnegans Wake, the Icelandic sagas, Churchill’s history of the Second World War, the complete Tintin in French, 47 novels by Simenon, and By Love Possessed.”

“We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars.”