"These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything.  I'm famous by default.  I came out of the womb and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.  If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents.  People need to wait until I've done something valid with my life."

"Why are so many people ashamed of having intelligence and using it? There is nothing democratic about such an attitude. To pretend to be less intelligent that one is deceives nobody and begets dislike…"

"There are people who are generic. They make generic responses and they expect generic answers. They live inside a box and they think people who don't fit into their box are weird. But I'll tell you wh…"

"To a good many southerners the events of 1861–1865 have been known as 'The War of Northern Aggression'. Never mind that the South took the initiative by seceding in defiance of an election of a presid…"

"Invisibility. That would be so cool just to go anywhere without people seeing you. You could sneak into rock concerts and films and stuff. And I'd like to have Hagrid's three-head dog, because then no…"