If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian.

I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.

Only in rock music and the literary world you see so many ugly white guys with beautiful women. That says a lot about the women, their character. They're attracted to more than surface.

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

White Americans have a short memory.

She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my father said. 'She was keeping the rest for herself. Nobody can give everything away. It ain't healthy.