All dams are ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly.

Why must love always be accompanied--sooner or later--by sorrow and pain? Why not? Because pure bliss is for pure idiots.

The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.

Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette.

Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.