Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.

If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'.

And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that?

One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate.

I like travelers, but I don't like tourists. The difference is that travelers don't shop and they don't play golf.

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

Solace? That's why God made fermented beverages and the blues.