My films are about the little things that happen between people that are sometimes far more valuable and insightful than the big dramatic things that happen.

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.

I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way.

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

Each one of us is a set of shifting molecules, spinning in ecstasy.

The counterculture is always repackaged and made into a product. It's part of America.

I prefer to be subcultural rather than mass-cultural. I'm not interested in hitting the vein of the mainstream.

It Is What It Is

And for the world's orphans. A portion of this book's proceeds will go to you.

My job is to give people who work hard all week something to enjoy on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

Not everyone can be a theologian, but everyone should know some theology.

Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.

The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.

Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.

The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it.

He is as good as his word - and his word is no good.

The three most important rules in selecting the right piece of real estate are location, location, location (and when we have periods of tight money I would add terms, terms, terms).