Earthenware is like people, it needs to be well treated.

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.

It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.

I don't think about how to live my life. I just live it.

Thunder without sound jolted the air around her. The violence of it was magnificent, immaculate, glorious.

a wise man is not afraid to face the truth

You're dead, son. Cheer is contraindicated.

The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.

The camera is really the play-by-play person.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

But remember, guitar players are a dime a dozen.