Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision.

Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.

A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.

But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.

Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.

Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont apply to you.

Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.

Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you. Or release you. Or all at the same time

Good manners are a sign of strength.

THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the known child.

Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.

Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

The King of Abyssinia always dines alone.

The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary, he will come only one day after his arrival, he will not come on the last day, but on the last day of all.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Why stay on the earth except to grow.

Holocaust? Ninety million Indians? Only four million left? They all have casinos - what's to complain about?

war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.