Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

To be happy is to be healthy.

There are moments in your life that can change you forever, and you Norah, you are my forever moment.

It is in the combination of words and visuals that the magic of understanding often happens.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

Being on stage is what I enjoy.

Sometimes you have to forget and forgive. Forgive them for hurting you and forget that they exist!

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

Instead of fighting the ego, I align with the evolutionary impulse and I ask myself: What does the evolutionary impulse wants to say or do through me?

When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.

Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman.