Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you.

We're crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we could live here. We'd like to keep our place in Greenwich Village and have an apartment here, God and the Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.

That radicalism (of the '70s) was phony, really, because it was out of guilt. I'd always felt guilty that I made money, so I had to give it away or lose it. I don't mean I was a hypocrite. When I believe, I believe right down to the roots.

What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink.

You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

There's nothing you can do that can't be done.