"The condition of man is to be in a state of perpetual struggle, and it is through this struggle that he finds his identity."

"Full Metal Jacket suggests there is more to say about war than it is just bad."

"If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered."

"I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest c…"

"Good God, no. You don't stop being concerned with man because you recognize his essential absurdities and frailties and pretensions. To me, the only real immorality is that which endangers the species…"