Safety was not a big thing when I was growing up. A seat belt was something that got in the way: 'Ma, the seat belt is digging into my back.' 'Stuff it down into the seat. And roll those windows up, you're letting the smoke out'

There's a light at the end of the tunnel. And it's a train.

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

Only when all images of Earth are hushed and the clamor of the senses be stilled, and the soul has passed beyond thought of self, can the eternal wisdom be revealed to the mystic who seeks that highest communion with the unseen.

If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No."

I can't get a relationship to last longer than it takes to make copies of their tapes.

I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in.