I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

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.

Treat your advices like your money, don't give it to others unless they ask for it.

So this is love:the Sculptor’s chisel.And stone, which in its whole lifedoes not utter a single word, suddenly sings.

The medium is the message.

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.

Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none.

I have followed after the truth, across this windy planet upon which every person is nourished by one or another lie.

You have to turn it around and say God still has a great plan for my life. I may not understand things that happen, but faith is all about trusting when you don't understand it.

It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as any other commandment

In Europe they understand that the arts are incredibly important both culturally and economically.

Things are never as good as you think they are or ever as bad as you think they are.