My books are not really books; theyre endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles.

You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place.

I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.

I began thinking about my skeleton, this solid, beautiful thing inside me that I would never see.

Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to.

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'.

All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?

Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.

Sexual desire is a state not unlike hunger.

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

Gravity disappears again, and we rise up off the floor like spooks from a grave. It's like the Rapture in here every thirty seconds.

Don't aim for perfection. Aim for 'better than yesterday'.

Let's not worry. It's too late now. It will always be too late, fortunately!

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.

Death is the most beautiful adventure in life.

And I think it's true of any big organization... Bureaucracies and organizations make it hard to do the right thing sometimes.

This guy, Barack Obama's as bad as Hillary Clinton is.

Humanity as a species must change dramatically and radically or our survival is at stake.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.