Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.

The system promotes to the top those who don't care about the planet.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. "Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?" she asked me. "The big show is inside my head," I said.

Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.

My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.