I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun.

There's always a little bit of heaven, even in a disaster area.

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.

Anywhere I hang my heart is home... it's just the closet that keeps moving.