There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.

I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite.

I was Chairman Maos dog. What he said to bite, I bit.

So age after age — will it be soon, O Lord? —Beneath the scalpel of nature and art, Our spirit screams, our flesh depletes itself, Giving birth to an organ for the sixth sense.("The Sixth Sense")

Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.

Fun is not to be plannedIt is to be found

Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing.

Some are masters of illusions, some are ministers of trade, all under the same delusion, all their beds unmade.

When I think of mystery, I don't think about myself. I think of the universe, like why does the moon rise when the sun falls? Caterpillars turn into butterflies? I really haven't remained a recluse.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now

”I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question.”

I don't believe in the end that God gave me cancer, but He certainly could have stopped it and didn't.

The place where two friends first met is sacred to them all through their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old.