There's nothing sillier in the world than a teacher telling you don't do it after you already did it.

Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it's the one part of you the world can't interfere with.

You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging.

I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church.

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.

Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old farts sit in the sun. They might be thinking. Same thing with kids. Keep 'em busy or they might start thinking.

There’s no use saying anything in the schoolyard because there’s always someone with an answer and there’s nothing you can do but punch them in the nose and if you were to punch everyone who has an answer you’d be punching morning noon and night.