Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out.

You are only limited by your own imagination

Our thoughts are not the problem. Our thoughts do not create the psychological smog. It is the way we respond to our thoughts that creates the smog.

I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.

No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.

I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.

I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill.