I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter
The Internet is not a place. It’s a great void, a black hole, from which you can call up an incredible amount of disorganized information.
The idea of fame is repulsive, I want to save the world.
[There was] an openness not found on the East Coast and a generosity of spirit. New York was always formulating the correct ways to work and think while back here [in California] we were always eager to be surprised and engaged in new ways.
I adore [photography's] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history.
Why should I be limited by my own biography?
Science, Government, Education, Art, the cultural monolith may be said to exist primarily to exercise a paternal influence, decorously if possible, aggressively if necessary, to enforce certain accepted images upon individuals.
Help others solve their problems; standing farther away, you can often see matters more clearly than they do. . . The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him or her help themselves.
Laughter is very infectious, and why it should be so is a most interesting neurological problem. But it also has other, more physiological, benefits. Apparently it boosts the immune system, reduces stress hormones, massages the heart and diaphragm and engenders a 'feel good' factor.
[to a teenage girl] Resolve to be economically independent before you marry anyone.
I've had my own personal stalker. I would get nude drawings of my body with a knife and a message saying 'I'm watching you' and 'I'm going to get you. '