The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude?

They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.

I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen.

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.