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

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

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

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.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts...

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

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...

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'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...

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...