I went back to bumming around New York, writing freelance stuff for Car & Driver and such.

A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.

Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.

The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.

I remember thinking cocaine was subtle until I noticed I'd been awake for three weeks and didn't know any of the naked people passed out around me.

The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom.

Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe.