"I’m not intimidated by anything, except maybe PETA standing outside with a bucket of blood."

"The results are something I can't control, so I can't say 'damnit, I didn't place in the top three today.' I can't co…"

"I want people to be taken away to another planet when they watch me skate. I want them to be transported into a dream…"

"Out of ugly, I think the most important thing to do in life is to make something beautiful."

"If he doesn’t want to skate to music that’s pretty and wear a pretty costume, then go rollerblade or skateboard or do…"

"There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use."

"the farmer takes Jill down the well & all the king's horses & all the king's men can't put that baby together again c…"

"death is where jimi hendrix is, where our revolution ended up."

"There has always been something wrong wif the tesses. The tesses paint a picture of me wif no brain. The tesses paint…"

""I'm tired," I says. She says, "I know you are, but you can't stop now Precious, you gotta push." And I do."