A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.

We have seen enough of war to know that it doesn't work to resolve conflicts. It only exacerbates them. It is time we find other solutions and dedicate ourselves to life-not death.

People think in narrow, constrained, constipated ways about the world. They can't imagine that the world could be different. Not like the dreamers who actually see a different world, a better world.

History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.

People [in US] are starting to rethink this idea of empire, this idea of the United States being this superpower, the hegemon, is not working, and we can't afford it anymore.

China is doing a lot of things right that the United States is doing wrong.

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the wrong hands, fire can be highly destructive.

There is nothing wrong with a writer who has a distinct style in book after book, but I am not interested in repeating myself.

Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange.

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them.

I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

Inspiration Unlimited is more than an e-Magazine. I would rather call it an alchemy of learning and inspiration. It really inspires many people in many ways.

Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of self.

I'm happy to be considered desirable. I love it!