this time has finished me.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it

There still might be a place for us somewhere.

Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation.

This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.