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

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

It's nothing but a big stroke job in this country. The government strokes you every day of your life. Religion never stops stroking you. Big business gives you a good stroke. And it's one big, transcontinental, cross-country, red, white and blue stroke job... Do you know what the national emblem for this country ought to be? Forget that bald eagle. The national emblem of this country ought to be Uncle Sam standing naked at attention saluting, and seated on a chair next to him, the Statue of Liberty jerking him off. That would be a good symbol for the United Strokes of America.

If the cops didn't see it, I didn't do it!

We spend the early years feeding our brains with information and the latter half trying not to think about it all.

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label.

Life is sacred? Who said so, God? Hey, if you read history you'll realize that God is one of the leading causes of death...has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, all taking turns killing each other because God told them it was a good idea.