He did have his beliefs, chiefly in his own genius.

Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.

What distinguished him in a moment of crisis was his self-command.

He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.

The speed of transportation largely determined the speed of information.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

And I didn't know I loved her till I'd dreamt of her. I didn't know it was the real thing until an illusion had signalled it.

Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the heartless self-indulgence of the rich.

I think, in the long term it's in the goal of everyone to see a unified Korea that actually provides for the people of North Korea the kind of life that they need.

In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.

I still think the revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.

They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . .

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.