You had a certain way of saying my name. It was the inflection maybe, something you put into those three syllables. And now you are gone and my name is just my name again, not the story of my life.

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

Out of suffering comes creativity

What most impressed me about Cuba was the optimism.

The idiot was not a lot of thinking, which is an important move on. Smart people mostly think, consequently never stepped

The moral is obvious it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.

During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.

It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. That's what this record [Call Me Irresponsible] is about.

I write very tightly, and my big fear is boring people. I want them to read quickly, stopped in their tracks. I resist indulging myself.

Nobody drowns by falling in the water...but by staying there.

Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.