Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Whoever, at any time, has undertaken to build a new heaven has found the strength for it in his own hell.

What I will say is not a dogma of faith but something personal of mine. I like to think about the empty hell, I hope it is reality.

Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren't going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.

Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there.