The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Have you noticed ... that he actually hadn't made any promises to you?

Don't waste hate on pink geranium.

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.

Laws of Nature are God's thoughts thinking themselves out in the orbs and the tides.

Education made us what we are.

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'

I do. You know, I made a mistake using a private e- mail.

Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.

My mother used to sit at the foot of my bed and she would share her dreams with me.

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.