"Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems—but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas—uncertainty, progress, change—into crimes."

"The greatest danger to freedom is the absence of a joke."

"I'm interested in the idea of what happens when you cross boundaries, when you break rules."