I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which says 'What?' about the American Public. Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

great books are the ones we need

If you want to create, you'll create.

How are his poems?" "He's not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity

I'm not the cruel type, but they are, and that's the secret.

Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.