Biografía

Once estimated he had read over 9000 books, of which only 50 had given him something he thought was irreplaceable.

Was cremated; his ashes were scattered off Big Sur, California.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1960.

Children with Lepska, Anthony and Valentine.

Parents were from Germany.

Don't look for miracles. YOU are the miracle.

I've known it all. Every humiliation, degradation, poverty, starvation

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

We [Americans] take to dope, the dope which is worse by far than opium or hashish--I mean the newspapers, the radio, the movies. Real dope gives you the freedom to dream your own dreams; the American kind forces you to swallow the perverted dreams of men whose only ambition is to hold their job regardless of what they are bidden to do.

Meaningful acts require no stir. When things are going to rack and ruin the most purposeful act may be to sit still.