We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, we have to stop being nice.

The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrants' worst enemies.

I don't trust a government I can't shoot back at

When only cops have guns, it's called a "police state".

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

Like 'em or hate 'em, these once peaceful gun owners of the '90s are feeling a lot like Jews of 1939 Germany. Maligned, lied about, persecuted and threatened. Afraid, confused and angry.

The score is in your subconscious. Sit down long enough at a keyboard and it will come out.

I didn't go abroad until quite late. A friend drove us to Amalfi, Italy, for his sister's wedding when I was a teenager. It was exciting driving through Europe.

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.

He was having an illicit affair... with his own mate.

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it.

Baseball is like everything else. You got to study every angle to win.

[The photograph] is fabricated out of the unfabricated dross of passing life (while paradoxically still trading on the indexical heft of that dross).

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

If the mind is illumined, there is clear blue sky in a dark room. If the thoughts are muddled, there are malevolent ghosts in broad daylight.