The world is imperfect, and young people are always trying to perfect it and they always fail - which is a good thing. Who'd want to live in a perfect world?

What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.

I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.

Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like this forever. Just as it is. No change.

The wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way.

You can always find somebody to beat up. This goes back to the schoolyard. Most men would think, Don't chum with girls. But I chummed with girls.

I believe that woman are superior to men.