I know at times I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot, but I like that person. I like to show you that person because that's who you all come to see. I'm Tyson. I'm a tyrannical titan. And sometimes I say, "God, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody."
Statement during a conversation with a group of reporters. Quoted in the New York Times (May 21, 2002)