“The ridiculous is closer to life’s source than the sensible.”

You don’t know your ass from a hole in the ground, you know that?

There should be a connection between a man’s hairstyle and what matters to him in life.

But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.

Sarcasm is the language of people whose emotions are dying.

But once you describe something, you destroy it.

I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.

Rocks are more co-operative than people.

Der, die, das, dem, den, des. German’s six ways of saying ‘the’, like six sexual positions you never knew existed. Hey, I just sprung a boner.

In our lifetimes, we can only know a small portion of what exists. The world is endless and its treasures are inexhaustible.

I shall listen to my heart and it shall save me. I shall listen to my heart and I’ll be free.

As a man I’d been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.

Wind is what happens when air falls in love with itself.

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he’s a writer. It’s an aphrodisiac.

I will never say ‘retired’ because that’s such a finality that I don’t want to be part of my life. I’ll work until they throw me in a box.

The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.

I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. ‘Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.’ First of all, my girl is black: she’s Jamaican.

If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?

I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest.

You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.