I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.

since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row.""There are some real weirdos down there.""They're everywhere.

I didn't know if I was unhappy. I felt too miserable to be unhappy.

Anything, anything to stop drowning in this dull, trivial and cowardly existence.

What does it mean to protest suffering, as distinct from acknowledging it?

POWER WITHOUT WISDOM IS WASTED ENERGY

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.

I met Jeb Bush in 1971 in my hometown in Mexico. We dated for three years back and forth. Then, after three years, he proposed to me.

Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

Short forms are returning online. Interactivity is coming back; it was always there in oral storytelling. Each form has its pluses and its minuses.

... the wing of a fly is proof enough of the existence of God for me.

When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.