"If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work."

"I don't feel good don't bother me. I won't write my poem till I'm in my right mind."

"I'm a free spirit, but I'm not a wild child."

"My own first principle of life: to be honest, to be simple, to be myself, to be an American, a Jew, a poet, a homosexual, a mystic, a Buddhist, a father, a son, a lover, a friend, a neighbor, a citize…"

"Put your queer shoulder to the wheel."