I never asked to be born in the first place.

He was talking about the sign that said 'THE COMPLICATED FUTILITY OF IGNORANCE.' 'All knew was that I didn't want my daughter or anybody's child to see a message that negative every time she comes into the library,' he said. 'And then I found out it was you who was responsible for it.' 'What's so negative about it?' I said. 'What could be a more negative word than "futility"?' he said. '"Ignorance,"' I said.

A lot of people were opposed to it. A lot of people were for it. I myself think about it as little as possible.

I love cell phones. I see people so happy and proud, walking around. Gesturing, you know. I'm like Karl Marx, I'm up for anything that makes people happy.

My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.