Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates.
I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.
Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.
Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature.
My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.
I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made.
Amazement awaits us at every corner.
There are very few comics that understand about exciting the crowd, and that's what I always prided myself on: giving a more confident macho attitude towards delivering material.
Many Americans knew their lives and their souls were being struggled for, and they fought for it. And I felt I should carry on.
Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike.
Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.