The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

And so I had to turn corners inside-out with my eyes and to read the third side of a book's page, seeking in futility to gaze at what I could then touch with none of my senses.

When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes.

Forsake the world and cling to the shadows.

Life is a nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real.

Now I am a vagabond of the universe, a drifter among spaces where the madness of things has no limits.

The memory of war, however, like all memory, is mostly local.

Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life.

Cats don't like change without their consent.

The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.

The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm -it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're killing all that when you take the drug.

Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face the cannon?

Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.

Bob Dylan said, "The executioner's face is always well-hidden". That's the problem: The cross pulls that hood off.

If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.