To the death with honor, shoulder to shoulder, and no one gets closer to a Stepson than his partner.

Gods have bloody hands.

There must be a corps that will battle for righteousness, for there are endless battalions who serve unrighteousness.

Generosity is never out of season.

You get what you expect. Expect to heal. Expect victory.

Nature has a surer plan than mortals can devise.

It was his soul's freedom that was in question. And that question was whether freedom was worth the price when it meant shirking the responsibilities of honor.

Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade him not to pursue a resolution his heart thought was right. Tempus never gave up.

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.

You three have done quite enough today: all of you and your feckless, treacherous god.

One man, one horse, one holocaust on demand.

Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses

Yes. Oh no! I don't subject myself to a leadership that does not break new territories! It is the job of leadership to succeed in landing its limbs on new grounds.

I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s.

In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted quite a lot of figures and nudes. People would come and pose for me.

Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books enough?

I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers.

In the years of the Reagan-Bush administration alone, about 1.5 million people were killed by South Africa just in the surrounding countries. Forget what was happening in South Africa and Namibia.

When journalists come to interview me, it's a part of my life that is exhibited, as if pieces of clothing are being taken off one by one. But it's not very important really.

When I do yoga, it gets all sweaty, and the best thing for dried up hair isn't shampoo, it's sweat.