Abraham Maslow said that the fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species. But the election of Ronald Reagan might've been the beginning of my giving up on my species. Because it was absurd. To this day it remains absurd. More than absurd, it was frightening: it represented the rise to supremacy of darkness, the ascendancy of ignorance.

Y'ever notice how you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed.

By the next one [albom],Occupation: Foole, I was right back into the trip again. I'm more frantic, more breathless. You can hear how sick I am. If you want to see a cokehead, just look at the pictures on the Occupation: Foole album.

Writing is really wonderful art. A lot of this is discovery. A lot of things are lying around waiting to be discovered and that's our job as writers is to just notice them and bring them to life.

Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!

If you live long enough, sooner or later everybody you know has cancer.

I'm certainly a skeptic. I always quibble with people.