“I would talk to myself but I’m not a good listener.”

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“Now when I talk about love, I’m not talking about emotional bosh; I’m not talking about some weak, sentimental something; I’m talking about something strong and powerful. I’m talking about something that is active good will, not just a passive, dead something.”

“I’ve learned so many things since then. I’ve changed in a way that involves elimination for the sake of evolution. There’s less emphasis on trying to figure things out. It’s about letting things be. I’m focusing on listening to the silence underneath everything. That’s what I try to connect with. I can listen to the silence right here, right now while we’re talking, and it feels so good. I’m in love with the silence.”

“I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.”

“I tried to talk about good roads and good schools and all these things that have been part of my career, and nobody listened. And then I began talking about niggers, and they stomped the floor.”

“Why d'ye talk to yourself?'
'It assures me of a good listener.”

“I'm not good at talking about myself.”

“If I’m at a party where I’m not enjoying myself, I will put some cookies in my jacket pocket and leave without saying good-bye.”

“Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.”