Ken Kesey Quotes

You’ve got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you’re just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.

You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

You can’t really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

When you’re around the whole Dead scene, they’re there as a tribal thing; they’re there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow.

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it.

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn’t writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It’s intricate.

To hell with facts! We need stories!

There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.

There’s a lot of people who don’t understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

The truth doesn’t have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.