O. J. Simpson has already received the ultimate punishment: For the rest of his life he has to associate with golfers.

We kind of shape our truths as we speak them. We fashion things to suit the occasion or the person or our own needs in the moment.

Early in my career I was divided because I had the real self underneath: the lawbreaker, the anarchist, the person who swims against the tide, the outsider, the loner, all of that guy. He was my private self, and I had this other side that wanted to be liked in order to do all those things I dreamed of as a little boy. I didn't realize that those things didn't go together until later. And I'm quite sure that my use of acid and peyote helped me accept what was really going on inside of me instead of what I had imposed on myself.

The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.

Traditional American values: Genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods.

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.

You live eighty years, and at best you get about six minutes of pure magic.