The American white man (not to speak of the Indian, the Negro, the Mexican) hasn't a ghost of a chance. If he has any talent he's doomed to have it crushed one way or another. The American way is to seduce a man by bribery and make a prostitute of him. Or else to ignore him, starve him into submission and make a hack of him.

I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection.

Those interested in celestial navigation are advised to first obtain a rudimentary knowledge of integral calculus, phlebotomy, astral physics and related subjects. The use of liquor is strictly forbidden on interplanetary flights.

The piano bar is the gateway to the halls of masturbation.

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.