When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I would just greet people and talk to them and avoid taxes, and getting behind the bar. What else.

Democracy to me is letting the other person speak and being dissenting without being disagreeable.

Organized religions have all the facets of organized crime, except the compassion of organized crime.

I failed everything in school. I left when I was 13 because I had no comprehension of what the hell they were talking about up there at the blackboard. I must have that ADD thing. But, listening to people I thought, that's wonderful to be able to tell a story.

I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.

Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.

That's one part of oppression is to make sure you are a shameful, shamed human being. That takes care of the past.