"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

"I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder."

"If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning."

"Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer."

"The paradox of freedom is that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes."

"There is no such thing as part freedom."

"On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in."