All who have their reward on Earth, the fruits Of painful superstition and blind zeal, Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Fear no one nor kneel before themFor many seek to be your god and masterAnd you sacrificial lamb in their fevered plansAnd insane ambitionsKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

God has written us a book, and now we have the opportunity to respond with our words and actions.

Conversion comes as we live pure and virtuous lives and enjoy the companionship of the Holy Ghost.

You'll shoot the moon... put out the sun... when you love someone.

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

Dave! Relax! Close your buttcheeks!

I've used the laws of the country to my advantage.

Is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness?

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

When you hear my records today hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard.