Non-operational ideas are non-behavioral and subversive. The movement of thought is stopped at barriers which appear as the limits of Reason itself.

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

When there is no personal responsibility in any society, there cannot be a responsible government.

the oncoming night was filled with the mystery of unknown places and of distance, of things that happened long ago and happenings yet to com

Accept corrections and you’ll improve and increase.

One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story will end.

...when she wakes up, there is silence, as though the day has held its breath.

When you cure a blind person, he or she is not a statistic.

But unlike Hillary Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

I have nothing to complain about.. except maybe people wondering if a queen like me can be butch-it-up enough to play a convincing straight man.

I actually enjoy the pain. That's what gives me the fire inside to get up and keep going.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.