Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

I think it's wonderful that people in pickup trucks are buying two flats of dog food and a copy of 'Bastard.' I want my view of the world to be right up there next to gallon boxes of Tide.

Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs.