Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals.

Patriotism. I'm uncomfortable with any word that starts with a pat, ends in an ism and has a riot in the middle.

You should always judge a book by its lovers.

Truth lives in the spaces between words. It defies translation.

Alone we are savages, together we are civilization

Chocolate is a vegetable. Honest.

The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!

I didn't come out and pay a really painful price often, to be LGBT, to not claim my sexuality at the same time. It's not all right with me to not talk about it so I don't make anybody nervous.

I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again.

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

I like the South because of the people. They are loyal. Once they love a team, they're fans forever.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.

Boredom is a mask frustration wears.

I told you, the dopes are gonna inherit the earth anyway.

Hit them where they ain't.