I think it's important to break taboos for the same reason it's important to break laws and rules - because either you're a slave to them, or you're taking matters into your hands.

There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as veggie-burghers.

We're not supposed to mention f***ing in mixed company, but that's exactly where it takes place.

It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes.

We think in language. We think in words. Language is the landscape of thought.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?