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

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.

San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.

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

to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world.

Start with yourself, strive for continuous improvement, perfection doesn't happen right away

Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.

And on the war, I think my numbers would be a lot higher if I were out there beating the drum for this war. In fact, I don't think it, I know it. But I can't be for the war.

The wheat bought by a farmer to sow is comparatively a fixed capital to the wheat purchased by a baker to make into loaves.

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.

Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary.