Drama often obscures the real issues.
The epiphany for me was that I wasnt a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.
It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.
Going with the flow is soothing but risky.
I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Being happy is more important than anything else.
How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.
It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.
Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.
Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force.
It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons.
Remember you always have freedom of choice.
I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.
There’s a fine line between information and propaganda.
I’d been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don’t know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.
When you start liking pain things start to get interesting.
I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.
Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity.
Stupid people shouldn’t breed.