I am positively against all this crap which is carried on first in the name of this thing, then in the name of that. I believe only in what is active, immediate, and personal.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it.

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance.