Besides the drugs and counterculture, I started talking about myself, which is the first thing you do when you are a writer.

I never eat sushi. I have trouble eating things that are merely unconscious.

Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain.

You're all going to die. I hate to remind you, but it is on your schedule. It probably won't happen when you'd like; generally, it's an inconvenience.

Next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.'

Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.

You show me something that doesn't cause cancer, and I'll show you something that isn't on the market yet.