Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.

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These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it.

These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by...

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by...

It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to...

It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to...

I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile...

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile...

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all ottom line...

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all ottom line...

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is...

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is...

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at...

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at...

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't...

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't...

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the...

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the...

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing...

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing...

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers...

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers...

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and...

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and...

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last...

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last...

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and...

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and...

No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.

No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.