In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
as soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
I think Judge Learned Hand was a cultured, intelligent man.
I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan [Kerouac].
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable.
A John is different from a sucker. When you're with a sucker you're on alert all the time. You give him nothing. A sucker is just to be taken but a John is different. You give him what he pays for. When you're with him you enjoy yourself and you want him to enjoy himself too.