In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.

I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day.

There has to be a reason and objective (to air strikes). What does it do to move the effort down the road for a political conversation?

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.

An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain what he can't see.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

We're living in a new Beat time, in my view. And it's very difficult for us to hang on.