In those days great teachers at Shortridge [High School] were celebrities. I would look up to them.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work

In this journey called "Life" I've learned that God never consults our past to determine our future" ~Lá Tanyha Boyd

The object is to make beautiful music for people to have forever. Music that stays - not just becomes a ringtone. Longevity.

After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.

I'm pretty positive that if I started singing songs that were for my fame, the God would probably make me tone deaf again. I know why He gave me that voice. I know why He gave me my ears.

The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled.

I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.

You should always be aware that your head creates your world.

It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.

I just can't wake from these scary dreams.