Being a foreigner is not a disease.

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

My country has no history, only a past.

Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.

When the burden of life becomes heavier, when it starts crushing our shoulders with all its might, it is time to be stronger!

If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

When you sit down and watch something alone, you're going to watch it for what it is.

No prayer!--No faith!--No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!--Little faith!--Little Christ in the heart.

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

The thing I don't like about L.A. is that it's very industry-focused. That's not bad for kids. It's not hedonistic or anything, not any more shallow than anybody in the Midwest. It's not that.

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

Whatever kind of device or barrier or policy to secure the border, that's necessary to secure the border, then do it.