Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.

Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.

Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins.

Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.

I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.

Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.