The present would only have room in one's life if one lets go of the ordeals in one's mind.

Dying is more terrifying than actual death.

Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem, a gift of release and healing direct from Heaven.

The idea of connecting all people to knowledge and each other is enduring

MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever.

I don't want to hear music, I don't want the sunrise to be pink. The world is a liar. Its ugliness is overwhelming; the scraps of beauty make it worse.

When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges.

…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.

I know the territory, I've been around. It'll all turn to dust, and we'll fall down, and sooner or later you'll be screwing around.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.