I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

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Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing...

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing...

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...