My only hope was to be polite.

The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service

We're here to get each other through this thing, whatever it is.

Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.

It's regrets that make painful memories. When I was crazy I did everything just right.

Who but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?

Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.

With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all.

Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts. What they subvert is the notion that things have to be the way they are, that you are alone, that no one has ever felt the way you have.

Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are.

Put on all the armor of the Lord. Not just the pretty stuff.

Of all this world's beauty and miracles, brilliance and simplicity-of all nature's graces-children are truly the most remarkable.

A picture might be worth a thousand words but a good sentence is worth a thousand windows

These poems are cupsthat I pour my life into.Here, Drink!

The world is run largely by urban, sedentary males. The symbol of power is the chair.

I don't return anybody's calls unless it's going to mean extra money for me. And I've completely cut off all relationships with any friends that I had before the show. And I've copped an attitude.

The desire to have power dissolves. The desire to dominate people for love dissolves. On the other hand, it's a relief to realize you can let go.

The intellect is not the means of creation, and creation does not take place through the functioning of the intellect; on the contrary, there is creation when the intellect is silent.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here, really express yourself.

I can tell you first-hand from my experiences with Sacramento, the league does try to honor the fan bases it has, and encourage teams to stay in their home markets.