Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.

You don't die in the United States, you underachieve.

Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.

My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough energy to live.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.