“There's a time when theoperation of the machine becomesso odious—makes you so sick atheart—that you can't take part.You can't even passively takepart. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and uponthe wheels, upon the levers, uponall the apparatus, and you'vegot to make it stop. And you'vegot to indicate to the people whorun it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, themachine will be prevented fromworking at all”

“There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.”

“When you're three, you don't draw what you see--you draw upon your imagination. Nobody tells you to stop putting wings on people, unless you have a most unfortunate preschool teacher. You are intoxicated by your own magic.”

“There are so many people put there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me.”

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”

“My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.”