Begin this moment, wherever you find yourself, and take no thought of the morrow. Look not to Russia, China, India, not to Washington, not to the adjoining county, city or state, but to your immediate surroundings. Forget Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed and all the others. Do your part to the best of your ability, regardless of the consequences. Above all, do not wait for the next man to follow suit.

Imagination is the voice of the daring.

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

The world is two thirds spaghetti and meatballs, one third syphilitic chancre.

What holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse.

We must be holy without holiness. We must be whole, complete. That's being holy. Any other kind of holiness is false, a snare, and a delusion.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.