Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.

The on­ly thing I know is ev­ery­thing you love will die.

The big reason why folks leave a small town,' Rant used to say, 'is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.' Rant meant that no one is happy, anywhere.

Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65. But by the time I was 33, to tell you the truth, I was a little bored with drugs and sex, and I thought I'd do the writing thing.

The future is just wasted on some people.

Since we do operate in a binary world, if there's something that cannot be this or that, it drives us crazy.