Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207

The White Protestant's ultimate sympathy must be with science, factology, and committee rather than with sex, birth, heat, flesh, creation, the sweet and the funky; they must vote, manipulate, control, and direct, these Protestants who are the center of power in our land, they must go for what they believe is reason when it is only the Square logic of the past.

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.

Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.

While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style.

The condition that is most disagreeable in your life becomes the most useful one. You know, I feel the same way about the U.S. Army. It was absolutely the worst experience of my life, and it was probably the single most valuable experience.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.