Communism wasn't a word that I thought of when I went to Cuba. The original Fidelistas were not Communists. They were graduate students at the university and law students. After the Fidelistas took over, they went to Washington and tried to get support from the U.S. government, which turned them down. They were in a desperate political and economic situation, so they took the offer from the Soviet Union. Communism was a matter of necessity.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.

I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy

I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

Make your mind learn its way around the heart.