My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy.

Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better.

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

Here's an idea: let's get over ourselves, buy a cherry pie, and go fall in love with life.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when you think you are mastering them - it is nonetheless perpetually fascinating, frequently surprising, occasionally rewarding, and it comes already assembled. [...] Alas! the brain is a toy that plays games of its own. Its very most favorite game is the one-thing-leads-to-another game.