"As long as I'm still surfing wherever I am, I'll always be happy."

“People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care.”

Source : "Vice's New Envelope-Pushing Docu-Series Premieres on HBO Tonight" by Allison P.Davis, www.elle.com. April 5, 2013.

“Soften my hard self-opinionatedness, which time has hardened so exceedingly!”

Source : St Gertrude the Great (2009). “The Life and Revelations of Saint Gertrude the Great”, p.112, TAN Books

“Longfellow is to poetry what the barrel-organ is to music.”

Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1968). “Van Wyck Brooks: the early years: a selection from his works, 1908-1921”

“Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to represent poverty, even though poverty exists all over the country, and exists as much in urban areas as it does in rural, if not more.”

“Conversation is a catalyst for innovation”

“The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.”

“Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light.”

“Men are always trying to make the world better or worse while most women are content just to live in it.”