"I box because my father made me a warrior, and that doesn't necessarily have to mean a bad thing, either! After, it became for pleasure, pride, and because it's in my blood. This sports made me the man I am."

“No bad man can be a good poet.”

“Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.”

“I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.”

Source : Simon Van Booy (2009). “Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories”, HarperCollins

“My friend is having his period," I told the pizza guy, and handed him his tip. "He needs Britney and extra cheese to get him through it. I'm trying to be supportive.”

“I might as well doubt of my own being, as of the being of those things I actually see and feel.”

“When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with as much as the things you agree with.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.

“When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'”

Source : "'Love Story' Actress Ali McGraw: I Should Have Sought Alimony". www.foxnews.com. January 06, 2012.

“Vietnam, me love you long time. All day, all night, me love you long time. (...) Dropping acid on the Mekong Delta, smoking grass through a rifle barrel, flying on a helicopter with opera blasting out of loudspeakers, tracer-fire and paddy-field scenery, the smell of napalm in the morning. Long time.”