"You're contending with a genius, D.J. is his name, only American alive who could outtalk Cassius Clay, that's lip."

"This is D.J., Disc Jockey to America turning off. Vietnam, hot dam."

"Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle."

"Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing."

"[The launch of Apollo 11]: For at 8.9 seconds before lift-off, the motors of Apollo-Saturn leaped into ignition and t…"

"There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be."

"Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more …"

"The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people."

"The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller a…"

"With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your de…"