Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

Success, just like poverty, is a state of mind.

Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas and pursue our abstract imaginings.

The state was made for man, not man for state.

But instability like mine needs considerable distance to pass for mere quirkiness.

Don't discuss your relationship problems with friends. Your zombie problems are another story entirely.

He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.

To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.

The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.