I come from rather an international, or in other words, a cosmopolitan background.

Made me feel ashamed of belonging to these overpowering, technical superior countries fighting against what seemed to me quite defenseless people.

Tradition is what is in the heart and soul of your home, your country, and social environment. Tradition evolves, and it changes regardless of what you do to maintain it.

As soon as I finished the Russian course, I was sent to Korea with the task of trying to establish an agent network, a network in the so called maritime provinces.

Poetry should be like 'Uh-huh. Baby has to have it.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Possibility is not a luxury

Adolescence is a time in which you experience everything more intensely.

Certainly it is not a democracy.

Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win.

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

Museums should be places where you raise questions, not just show stuff.