As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.

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.

There is no place more lonelyThan a rich man's home.

Everything feels like the end of the world, and you can't reason with someone who can't see tomorrow.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

It never really was difficult for me not starting because I understood the circumstances.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

I also am not particularly risk-averse - I don't mind jumping off a cliff if I trust the people who've told me they'll catch me at the bottom.

There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.

You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

I fell in love with the Mediterranean philosophy of good wine, good food and family.