Results like these [state of the earth] do not belong on the resumé of a supreme being.

I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy.

I did a lot of thinking, and used mental activity to relieve whatever feelings I had. I became very left-brained, and I was good in school. That is, I was a smart kid.

If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

I like to control my environment, because I feel if I have my physical space in order, then I'm free to dream. So there is some compulsion involved. But the dividend I get is the freedom to be totally disorderly in my dreamworld.