Always remember, there's no point trying to be faithful to the book because film and writing are just two completely different things. Any film stands on its own, apart from whether it's based on a novel.

For years I wondered why dreams are so often dull when related, and this morning I find the answer, which is very simple - like most answers, you have always known it: No context ... like a stuffed animal set on the floor of a bank.

Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.'

As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I like the shaman very much, the way he was crying.

There isn't a feeling you can get on drugs that you can't get without drugs.