When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.

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Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to...

The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to...

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.