I spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him.

I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.

While analyzing so many people I realized the constant need of a mother, or a father, or a god (the same thing) is really immaturity. It is a childish need, a human need, but so universal that I can see how it gave birth to all religions.

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer.

Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society's rules and organizations define as wrong or dangerous.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.

The fiery moments of passionate experience are the moments of wholeness and totality of the personality.