The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness.

there are two kinds of people in this world : those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.

Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego.

Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one's perceptions and transforming one's self.

There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself.

We approach the divine by enlarging our souls and lighting up our brains.

And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks