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

Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.

If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.

Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.

Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.

When you cut into the present the future leaks out.

I read Mailer's Ancient Evenings with great interest because I was interested in . . . the seven souls structure, which was very helpful to me in Western Lands. And also in Place of Dead Roads. So that's Mailer.