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

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.

On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.

Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.

You took too much man, too much, too much.

I was once arrested with [Allen] Ginsburg. He was a big help to me. He was one of the few people who read unknown writer's work. Maybe he was just hustling me. He liked to flirt, Allen. They called him a monster but he was only falling in love.

I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.