You almost have to be a rock star to generate the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics.

You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains.

It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.

Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.

I wasn't trying to be an outlaw writer. I never heard of that term; somebody else made it up. But we were all outside the law: Kerouac, Miller, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Kesey; I didn't have a gauge as to who was the worst outlaw. I just recognized allies: my people.

There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.

A word to the wise is infuriating.