What we need in literature today are vast philosophic horizons... we need the most ultimate, the most fearsome, the most fearless "Why?" and "What next?".

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Adversity purifies the spirit and refines the soul.

Be smarter than others imagined.Be braver than others anticipated.Be stronger than others calculated.Be better than others envisioned.

Daring also means to act, however, and if you are not willing to act, then you have already lost the game.

I had a dream that I would be successful and happy in life…I woke up running out of breath, because I’ve been chasing this dream for quite a while now.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

Dennis Cooper, God help him, is a born writer.