I'd rather be a flash than a slowly burning ember.

There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up.

I have made a career of creating characters who fight school authority and chomp at the bit to get out into the 'real' world and live their lives, mostly because that's the kind of teenager I was.

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman

There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.

My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.