It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die.

I would rather be a real Timex than a fake Rolex.

Most people are dependent on legal drugs but this is somehow not an obstacle to seeing an enemy in every underground addict.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

When you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.

In the end the problem isn't that you have the wrong sort of government for the People, but that you have the wrong sort of People.

The painter wanders and loiters contentedly from place to place, always on the lookout for some brilliant butterfly of a picture which can be caught and carried safely home.