It was a pleasure to burn.

Today we haved touched Mars. There is life on Mars, and it us us-extensions of our eyes in all directions, extensions of our mind, extensions of our heart and soul have touched Mars today. That's the message to look for there: We are on Mars. We are the Martians!

But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.

In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.

Notoriety and a fat bank balance must come after everything else is finished and done.