They were on the side of the angels, even if the angels weren't entirely sure that this was a good thing.

After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty.

Perhaps it's true that all men love their fathers, no matter how terrible the things they do to their sons: there is a part of us that remains forever in debt to those responsible for our existence.

The power of faith overpowers fear.

I think you can go from being not very funny to working really hard for 10 years and figuring out how to make a living on the road, but I don't think you can rise much above that.

I was very driven, very focused, very ambitious. I mean, when I look back on myself in my 20s, part of me just cringes.

I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

You don't know who you messing with man, I slap people for fun. That's what I do man! You wanna play rough, huh, I kill for fun!

Once upon a time wasn't as long ago as it used to be.

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.

Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.