Communication must become total and conscious before we can stop it.

Nobody's busting into YOUR apartment at three in the morning, are they? Well, then don't worry about what they're doing in South Korea and places like that. It's like the standard of living. Are you content to achieve your higher standard of living at the expense of people all over the world who've got a lower standard of living? Most Americans would say yes. Now we ask the question, are you content to enjoy your political freedom at the expense of people who are less free? I think they would also say yes.

When people start talking about their bowel movements, they are inexorable as the processes of which they speak.

I read a lot of books for information, like doctor books, spy books. . . .

You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.

My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.

It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.