Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

Divine joy is spirit of the journey.

Everything can be heard in the garden of a quiet mind.

I'm not being disrespectful of the medium; it's just not as important as the work that I actually do [books].

I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington.

I still write music, and I still have sessions, and I still record, but I have no plans.

Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.

Never miss an opportunity to look like a nice guy.

Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look it.

With a camera, one has to love individual cases.

The shadows of twilight grow, And the tiger’s ancient fierceness In my veins begins to flow.