My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate..

Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with no brains at all...It was pitiful...I almost felt sorry for him, until ….

Good mescaline comes on slow. The first hour is all waiting, then about halfway through the second hour you start cursing the creep who burned you, b….

There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choic….

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died..

As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward t….

Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Nixo….

A man has to BE something; he has to matter..

We are all wired into a survival trip, now..

I couldn't imagine, and I don't say this with any pride, but I really couldn't imagine writing without a desperate deadline..

Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke..

No cop was ever born who wasn't a sucker for a finely-executed high-speed Controlled Drift all the way around one of those clover-leaf freeway interc….

'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble..

I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should..

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment..

I didn't know Johnny Depp could act until he played me..

Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in….

They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should be castrated anyway..

Any candidate who'd offered a real possibility of an alternative to Nixon - someone with a different concept of the presidency - could have challenge….

When you push a car off a cliff and blow it up, be sure to roll the windows down to avoid shrapnel. Also, strip the license plate so you're not bille….

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….