It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.

The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

Kids, she says. When they’re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you’re the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together. But after they hit some magic age, it’s just the opposite. After that, you’re either a liar or a fool or a villain.

It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.

Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.

More than one side? You're Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jackass!

The avant-garde in every field consists of the lonely, the friendless, the uninvited. All progress is the product of the unpopular.