Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

The Sixties were an era of extreme reality. I miss the smell of tear gas. I miss the fear of getting beaten.

Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for them.

It is like sitting in a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway with your windows rolled up and Portuguese music booming out of the surround-sound speakers while animals gnaw on your neck and diseased bill collectors hammer on your doors with golf clubs.

I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits - and millions of Americans agree with me.