Felice Picano

The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books.

I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.

I over-scrutinize anyone new entering my life.

All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.

I'm 68 years old, and I'm as much a criminal now as I was at the age of 22. And, I'm even more of a dissident than I was then.

I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.