A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another$$$ and hey presto$$$ . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

The inevitable triumph of illusion over reality: that was the single most obvious truth about the history of the human race.

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion$$$ I would say I was against it.

Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.

Every story is us.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought$$$ to speak it$$$ and by doing so to make it true.

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.

One should always be a little improbable.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.