If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God, he has only to look at what place he gives to God (in his heart and life)

What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.

The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.

Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics stand at our mercy.

Ten minutes in a video store should convince any impartial observer that we live in a police state of consciousness, far more pervasive than the Nazis.

If rulers refuse to consider poems as crimes, then someone must commit crimes that serve the function of poetry, or texts that possess the resonance of terrorism.

When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle.

Nature has no Laws — only habits.

Art tells gorgeous lies that come true.

Sorcery: the systematic cultivation of enhanced consciousness or non-ordinary awareness & its deployment in the world of deeds & objects to bring about desired results.

There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style.

Whatever's between us is that kind of new.

I do understand why a desperate engineer still use a hammerto solve a hard problem. I think, that made him more humane.

I am patient with my needs, kind with my words, and respectful of my soft places.

It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

I am a retiring, silent, unsociable, and discontent person.

For interests that are vital to the U.S. - that is, essential for our survival and wellbeing - the U.S. should be prepared to use military force - including unilaterally, if necessary.

Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting.

All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.