No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.

None of my books are best-sellers. In fact, the only thing that's kept me alive is the books that are in paperback. People find them, they like them, and they pass them on.

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.

No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.

Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York Times were sclerotic, meaning, "completely turned to rock." The critics here are that way.

The public is totally illiterate in America. It can't read at all. It's absolutely insensitive to words.

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.