Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.

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.

Grace enters the soul where love lies serene.

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.

It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.

I like projects in which I can really act and not be me all the time.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

I think a resumption of the Cold War would be a historic tragedy. If a conflict is avoidable, on a basis reflecting morality and security, one should try to avoid it.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

The question of how things will settle down is the only important question.

The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!