“I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven’t really had to alter it very much ever since”

Now that’s a law. Laws made by man are rules reflecting the current status of his moral codes. As he alters and whittles away his morality, casting bits and pieces aside, his codes change to reflect it.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don’t even care if these people exist

Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose it.

Don’t shrink from natures brutal perfection. Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it.

Nature recognizes no equality at any level of it’s order; humanity preaches an all-prevasive equality and freely hands-out unearned “rights” in an attempt to make its doctrine a living reality. In short: humanity is Democratic, nature is Fascist.

I’ve been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

The image of your head on the end of a stick is a strong incentive toward ‘visualizing world peace’.

Have you ever seen a demonstrable example of equality in your entire life? Can it be glimpsed in any dog show or classroom? In any ping pong game or chess match? Of course not. It is a philosophical abstraction, something nowhere to be found in nature.

I had a good run here, fifteen years. That’s a great run. I’m not saying that I’m done in center field – if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that’s not reality, so I’m happy.

The Revelation was my master’s project, and after I finished it, I thought I’d send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer.

William Graebner’s brilliant analysis of America’s struggles over the meaning of Patty Hearst gives us not only new perspectives on the 1970s.

When I was young, I had a big problem with warts. It started with one on the side of my little finger.

A few years back, when my style was “punk grandma”, I picked up an amazing pair of sandals – orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I’ve given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more “1980s substitute teacher gone wild.”

If you’re going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won’t be interesting to the reader.

My 80s were the best years of my life!

I’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.