And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

You can't take love for granted! You need to be patient. And just as flowers take time to blossom, love will one day blossom in your heart!

The government can make laws but they can’t make people live by these laws

As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.

Country comes before politics.

No matter how much we know in any area there are always new things to learn and things we have previously learned that we need to be refreshed in.

Don't be sad about the goodbyes! Because in many farewells, better unions are hidden!

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic.

The green is so narrow that if you over-club, you've got an impossible bunker shot. If you're short, you're pretty much dead.