"For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it."
"In general, I distrust philosophy. Plato recommended chasing poets from the city; the 'great' Heidegger was a Nazi; Lukacs was a communist; and J. P. Sartre wrote: 'Any anti-communist is a dog.'"
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Source: Charles Tandy, William Faloon, Robert A. Freitas, Jr., Robin Hanson, Michael Perry (2001). “Doctor Tandy's First Guide to Life Extension and Transhumanity”, p.155, Universal-Publishers
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