Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite.

I don't necessarily like anniversaries that much.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.

Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry.

I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet.

If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.

Men who write love letters don't live in this century.

Free voluntary reading results in better reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.