Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

People say, "Well, you went on television, it enlarged your readership." It did not at all, not at all. I might as well tell you, I lost some readership, because the profound audience felt somehow bothered by my too easy manner.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself.

There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.