“…the way to the bottom of South America where the Indians are seven feet tall and eat cocaine on the mountainside?”

“my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom.”

“Texas is undeniable...We were already almost out of America and yet definitely in it and in the middle of where it's maddest.”

“The waves are Chinese, but the earth is an Indian thing.”

“Yeah," I said, "but you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Where shall we eat?”

“God is an Indian giver who gives only occasionally.”

“America is a lonely crock of shit...”