Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.

Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie.

Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity.

The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.

I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.

We were into the Speedway. We'd take a train out to the Speedway where farmers had flatbed trucks with bleachers on them. They'd park in the infield and we'd sit on those. Our heroes weren't the drivers, they were the pit crews. That's because we were local, and we knew what was going on.