I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to.

I just feel like all the things that I do in my life just make me feel like a grown-up kid. That's pretty much what I am.

I usually just wear black so my shoes and my socks are my rays of sunshine.

At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things.

I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time.

Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I don't want to grow up."

I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it."

Skating is what got me into punk rock.

The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.

I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past.

Measurements is your saving grace if you want to raise steam.

I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.

Within each and every one of us is a divine power that needs no substance or anything external to know bliss.

Men never fail to underestimate women.