I am the Vietcong. We are everywhere! We are all Vietcong.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure and be loyal.

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.

I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.

Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.

Then you have [Donald] Trump. So it could be the tightest, most hazardous race in political history and we can't afford to allow Trump to slither through. So that's where I'm at.

Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen.

Communism is one of the options that can improve people's lives.

If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way.

Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

If we don't act at all (express our imaginings either in work or a changing personality, so that we can learn and think again something better) we certainly rot.

Quitting’s not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy.” “Really? Was that how you quit me?

Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

I'm sick of running away from things.

It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.