"I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly."

"We always feel better in anticipation. You don't think about something and think "Aw, it's gonna be shitty." NO! You say "This is gonna be the greatest weekend ever! Sonuvabitch!" And then, by Monday,…"

"In the field of science fiction or fantasy, morality—when it enters a book at all—is almost always either thoughtlessly liberal or thoughtlessly illiberal or just plain thoughtless ."

"I always saw people painting with their arms and feet and I didn't understand why anyone didn't paint with their penis."

"The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as wel…"