I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

If you do nothing, nothing will get done and nothing will change.

Sometimes I wonder what magic encircles all of us, what we could do if we were sensitive enough to unearth it.

I am an author! To read me is to know me.

When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends.

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

The universe is alive and conscious, and it responds to our intent when we have our intimate relationship with the universe and see it not as separate but as our extended body.

I've never been a big fan of subtle art. I like art that gets deep into my head and starts my brain spinning with new ideas and inspiration and my whole body is full of energy.

If you really want to stab me do it without saying anything.

Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.

All of us were tuned in during our early development but we lose our connection to intuition over time as other things come into play.