The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.

We do not abandon ship. I say, as corny as it may sound, through the strength and spirit and fire and dare and gamble of a few men in a few ways we can save the carcass of humanity from drowning. No light goes out until it goes out. Let's fight as men, not rats. Period. No further addition.

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement.

but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry.

pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.