“They are not unattractive in the sense that I am drunk and they likely have female genitalia.”

“It is always hard for me to share my creative output with others...It feels like I have taken a big dump on a platter and set it out at a party for people to view. I hope you like the way it looks and smells.”

“People who don't know me well enough might say I'm delusional and paranoid, but they're just out to get me.”

“that's a hell of a way to treat a donkey.”

“I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I was beginning to sense that to stare into the heart of such a fearful mystery wasn't a bad thing. To be afraid is a priceless education. P 99”

“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.”

“I only have one prejudice, and that is against those who are prejudiced.”