I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics

The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming.

Today's pig is tomorrows bacon!

Things are no longer what they seem to be. My telephones are haunted, and animals whisper at me from unseen places.

I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting.