There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.

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

Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser.

Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing.

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with no brains at all...It was pitiful...I almost felt sorry for him, until I heard someone call him 'Mr. President,' and then I felt ashamed.