You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely distorted DNA out into space.

I don't really identify with America, I don't really feel like an American or part of the American experience, and I don't really feel like a member of the human race, to tell you the truth. I know I am, but I really don't. All the definitions are there, but I don't really feel a part of it. I think I have found a detached point of view, an ideal emotional detachment from the American experience and culture and the human experience and culture and human choices.

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.

When I see a large group of people, I wonder how many of them will eventually require autopsies.

I always have these little internal monologues. You'll get used to them.

When someone is impatient and says, 'I haven't got all day,' I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?