"When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable."

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“Love is a garment riven in the light that rises from Parnassus, showing the night is over.”
“Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.”
“If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.”
“Nobody makes a turd like that and lives.”
“It's hard to plan and plot attacks against America if you're on the run, and that's exactly what our brave professionals are doing.”
“I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits - and millions of Americans agree with me.”
“The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979.”
“A fish is free as long as it stays in the water. If it suddenly declares that it wants its freedom to fly in the air like a bird, disaster occurs. A train is free as long as it stays on the track. However, if it demands freedom to take off down a major highway, the result is destruction and devastation. We too can only experience true freedom in its fullest if we remain within the framework of freedom. Often this requires accepting responsibility and practicing discipline.”

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