76 Quotes by George Meyer

I don’t know what the universe is all about, but to me, nothing is gained by slapping a God sticker on it. It has never been a comfort to me to believe there’s an all-seeing eye in the sky.

I want to be tolerant of other people’s beliefs. I have wonderful friends who are religious, and I don’t want to say that they’re dimwits. They should certainly be able to pursue what works for them. I’m just saying that it doesn’t work for me and I don’t want to pretend that it does.

I tend to look at the world more from Voltaire’s perspective. Incidentally, if you haven’t read Candide lately, it’s a fabulous book. It’s riotously, laugh-out-loud funny in a way that no Shakespeare comedy will ever be.

Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he’s a sovereign in his tiny domain, it’s just an adaptation to life.

To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don’t control our lives. In reality, the world is much more complex than that.

When people have no interest in a subject, it’s very hard to get them to laugh about it.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don’t work well together. When I’ve done my best work, I’ve been in a trance-like state.

I had a bumper sticker on my car for a long time that said, “Kill your television.” People helpfully pointed out that I was a total fraud because I was a television writer.

I have nothing but respect for the purist who won’t work for the pharaoh. But I’m not that strong.