I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly. God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.

They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections if the U.S. had left them alone. But the U.S. has mounted a full scale war against them. So how can you ask them to behave normally?

An unnoticed corner of the world suddenly becomes noticed, and when you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it becomes sacred. (On Robert Frank's photography)

That's what the shaman said. He didn't know what he was up against. He didn't expect the strength and weight and evil intensity of this spirit, this "entity," as he called it. The same way the priest in an exorcism has to take on the spirit.

None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.

Naked in solitary prison cell he looks down at a hard-on.

Sanity - a trick of agreement