Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.

Nonfiction is never going to die.

What do you mean, blindly? That baby is a very sentient creature… That baby sees the world with a completeness that you and I will never know again. His doors of perception have not yet been closed. He still experiences the moment he lives in.

By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to join the 'real world.' So I started working for newspapers.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.