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“Socially and politically, we seem to be living in dire times, worse times than in the past. But there were far worse horrors in our past. The writer's role is to be a truth sayer. I sincerely believe that each society, each country lives by a particular fantasy vision, a fantasy vision of itself. The truth of how they live is hardly ever faced.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“I always thought that my canine family tended to view me as the funny-looking two-legged dog who runs the can opener.”
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“Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, "You're based." They'd use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, "Yeah, I'm based." I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.”
Source : "Lil B Talks Getting Sucker Punched, Gay Rumors, & Drake Envy". Interview with Ernest Baker, www.complex.com. June 10, 2010. 
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“Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals.”
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“Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free.”
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“I believe God wrote the Word in your essence. That's the genius of my Father. You are born knowing right from wrong. You don't need a book to tell you that!”
Source : "Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2008.
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“Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.”
Source : "Robert Fripp: From King Crimson to Guitar Craft". Book by Eric Tamm, 1990.
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“I'd always admired writers. I'd always loved words on a page. Somehow, words seemed to bypass image and get straight to the heart of things. Somehow, words seemed big enough to contain pain, and sentences could pull broken bits together.”
