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"My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere."
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"I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane."

"Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own."
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"People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do."


"It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I'd never even thought about killing myself."


"You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor."


"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"


"If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?"


"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room."


"I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends."
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