To be just without being mad (and the madder you get the madder you get), to be peaceful without being stupid, to be interested without being compulsive, to be happy without being hysterical... smoke grass.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

I've found psychedelics to be keys to worlds that have always existed, that have to be talked about.

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.

The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

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

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won.