Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment.

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration.

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip.

Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.