He's got hands so long and white and dainty I think they carved each other out of soap, and sometimes they get loose and glide around in front of him free as two white birds until he notices them and traps them between his knees; it bothers him that he's got pretty hands.

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.

I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family is a lot more important than writing.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.