She was only a prostitute, but she had the nicest face I ever came across.

Politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't.

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

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. I feel that if I was figuratively dropped on the Earth and there was a political line, I would be just left of center. The difference for me is that conservatives are more interested in property values and rights and free markets, and liberals are more interested in human rights. In the end, there are people who don't fit into the marketplace and are not equipped. I believe the government should step in where the free market fails.

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

I've just completed a five-year period that can perhaps best be called a breathing spell. A time of getting my health back and gathering my strength. That time also included incredible cocaine abuse, a heart attack and my wife's recovery from both alcoholism and cocaine abuse.

And, of course, the funniest food of all, kumquats.