Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world.

I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

With my stuff, I think I've tried. I've been courted. I don't want to sound like an asshole, but I've been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books.

The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're comic and not tragic.

This [Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original] is another one of those books with the perfect blend of anecdote and analysis. The analysis is built into the anecdote. It has that right feel about it. It's not too scholarly, either.

We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.

Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world.