As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces things that are very predictable. And that's why I say I'm not interested in writing something that I thought about. I'm interested in discovering where my mind wants to go, or what object it wants to pick up.

Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you

Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.

A phenomenon occurs but because you're in the middle of it, you just think it's your life-until it's over. And then you look back and say, What an unusual thing happened to me in the '60s.

All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.