Apparently rational justifications will never explain all sorts of the different feelings and raw emotions art invoke in people.

We humans are such complicated and confused beings that we call the animals beasts.

There is no real light but just small sparks of happiness we should photograph to contain. But if we stop to photograph, we can’t enjoy them, the flash overexposes them and they disappear.

If all of us in the world just shared love, just a little, charity foundations wouldn’t be needed.

I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US - from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.

Freedom is the right to never have to lie.

Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.

Down in the deep, up in the sky , I see them always, far or nigh, And I shall see them till I die The old familiar faces.

When there's nothing to do, you do nothing slowly and intently.

If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it.

What were the phenomena of the world today? If I knew little else, I knew the answer - war, and the preparations for new war.

My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.