"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

"It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes."

"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

"The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Nothing in life prepares you to be famous."

"I always felt a weird obligation to be adventurous."

"More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002."