Separate two particles, place them at opposite ends of the universe, produce some effect in one, and the other will be identically affected.

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.

Go wherever the narrow way passes. If possible, go wherever there seems to be no way and create a way.

Every interaction presents an opportunity for growth, one of the keys to our limitless potential.

The most complex object in mathematics, the Mandelbrot Set ... is so complex as to be uncontrollable by mankind and describable as 'chaos'.

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

Embrace simplicity…be content with what you have and are, and not one can despoil you.

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

I want you [Sarah Palin] to know you have my support. But please look into protection for your family. An attempt on you could bring the republic down.

Don't use your mind for a filing cabinet. Use your mind to work out problems and find answers; file away good ideas in your journal.

I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.

The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.