I like the idea of going out with a woman and not doing anything, and just eating dinner and talking, and that's cool, too. So, someone might look at me and say, "No way, man. He's just banging strippers." And I do that, but not all the time.

I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.

And I laugh at myself when I screw things up, which happens all the time.

If I think of the audience too much, then I'm going to start catering to them...and it turns into entertainment. And I've got time for entertainment; I'm just not at all that interested in doing it myself. I'd rather go for some pretty raw expression.

I like people. Rightwingers don't. They like business, they don't care about people. I like education, they seem not to care much about it.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.