Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves.

A book begins as a private excitement of the mind.

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot and corruption of capitalist exploitation. Churches the illusion of sacred sanctuary of purposes of pacifying social discontent. Courtrooms of course designed to promote the illusion of solemn justice. If there was true justice why would such trappings be necessary? Wouldn't a table and chairs and an ordinary room serve just as well?

The act of composition is a series of discoveries.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' name. And that is because Socrates' ideas were never made law. Law, in whatever name, protects privilege.