Man is about to be deprived of a great pole - work routine. The nightmare of capitalist society is unemployment; the nightmare of cybernetic society will be employment.

I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment.

The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly optimistic assumption so dominates the republic that it has bred all its gross social injustices.

Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.

Stained glass, engraved glass, frosted glass; give me plain glass.

That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance.

You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you're going to paint. The most terrible bad form.