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The gods have fled, I know. My sense is the gods have always been essentially absent. I do not believe human beings have played games or sports from the beginning merely to summon or to please or to appease the gods. If anthropologists and historians believe that, it is because they believe whatever they have been able to recover about what humankind told the gods humankind was doing. I believe we have played games, and watched games, to imitate the gods, to become godlike in our worship of eachother and, through those moments of transmutation, to know for an instant what the gods know.
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Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.
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It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs.
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It's frightening how much things change in seventy-one years.
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There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.
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It's a frightening world to be alone in.
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You know, dulceata, there are times when I truly believe you are the most frightening person I know. Thank you?
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The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.
