An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!

I require and enforce as non-interrupted a state of living as you can get in America right now without going off to live by yourself in the mountains.

There are writers I know and respect who are very good about what's outside, and not too hot about what's inside.

It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to know when others are. This may be one of the reasons we need each other so.

Be careful how you choose your enemy, for you will come to resemble him. The moment you adapt your enemy's methods your enemy has won. The rest is suffering and historical opera.

Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.

Most of us aren't very graceful about not having our needs met, when and how we want them met.