I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

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.

To be happy, the only thing you need is to have happy thoughts.

It is better to burn than to disappear.

I have to tell you the truth. But you are too ugly for it.

I love a pair of sexy heels with jeans, a nice jacket, or a little dress.

We have an idea of truth, invincible to all scepticism.

The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.

I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

We were taught instead of just reading about life we needed to go out and live it.

Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in relation to the movie and what the themes of the movie were.