The only complete reading is that which transforms the book into a simultaneous network of reciprocal relations.

Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality

Our dreams define our sacred destiny.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy

I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.

Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.

I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?

Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity.

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.