San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.

Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings.

At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent

If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there.

I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.

You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything.

You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s.

Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the earliest generations not to just accept the words.

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

The greatest KNOWLEDGE is the knowledge of GOD.

All men are brothers in the night.

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

It has actually become very necessary in our time to rebut the theory that every firm and serious friendship is really homosexual.

O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound, "Your lord will soon return," no phrase brings.

Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up

It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.

Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.

It's not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.