Art is a kind of mining," he said. "The artist a variety of prospector searching for the sparkling silver of meaning in the earth.

Longing for something that you once had is a mistake because the pictures in your mind are never the same as whatever it is you are longing for.

Racism is a destructive and artificially-manufactured element in the collective human psyche designed to fragment the natural desire of human beings to know and love one another

Get drunk, Austin, have a love affair. It would be a tragedy to die and discover that you hadn't completely used up your body.

Art is a kind of mining, " he said. "The artist a variety of prospector searching for the sparkling silver of meaning in the earth.

I don't know what I mean, but I know I believe it.

There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.

If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.

Colin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never to do anything standing up that could just as easily be done lying down

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!

If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.

Life is too short to be small.

There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.