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'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

I am a temporary amusement.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.

Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.

I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

Boredom is a concept that I don't understand.