People Cannot Endure Inexplicable Worthlessness

It's No Good Telling Somebody They're Trying Too Hard. It's Very Much Like Ordering A Child To Go Stand In A Corner For A Half Hour And Never Once Think About Elephants.

The Dividing Line [between Friends And Acquaintances] Is Communication, I Think. A Friend Is Someone To Whom You Can Say Any Jackass Thing That Enters Your Mind. With Acquaintances, You Are Forever Aware Of Their Slightly Unreal Image Of You, And To Keep Them Content, You Edit Yourself To Fit. Many Marriages Are Between Acquaintances. You Can Be With A Person For Three Hours Of Your Life And Have A Friend. Another Will Remain An Acquaintance For Thirty Years.

Integrity Is Not A Conditional Word. It Doesn't Blow In The Wind Or Change With The Weather. It Is Your Inner Image Of Yourself, And If You Look In There And See A Man Who Won't Cheat, Then You Know He Never Will.

My Purpose Is To Entertain Myself First And Other People Secondly.

Now Each One Of Us, Black Or White, Is A Symbol. The War Is Out In The Open And The Skin Color Is A Uniform. All The Deep And Basic Similarities Of The Human Condition Are Forgotten So That We Can Exaggerate The Few Differences That Exist.