"I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex."

"I like it that the dead don't talk. If they did, the past would be even more unbearable than it already is."

"I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatle…"

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different."

"The only way to get through life is to laugh at it."