When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle.

What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.

There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style.

True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.

People don't follow words

Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

It would have marked a want of foresight in the convention, which our own experience would have rendered inexcusable.

I never think, Oh, I'm so beautiful. To me, feeling happy is more important.

Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!

It’s like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you can’t do is choose neither.

Just because they say they're praying for you in your face, doesn't mean they aren't laughing at your struggle behind your back.