A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

Oh, God — the lives people try to lead. Oh, God — what a world they try to lead them in.

The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.

Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends.

On the day they dropped the bomb Frank had a tablespoon and a Mason jar. What he was doing was spooning different kinds of bugs into the jar and making them fight....I can remember other bug fights we staged later on...They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar.

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.