I dream a dream that dreams back at me.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.

Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.

You're very old, aren't you?""Just as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

Mum is the word.

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated.

Love is a spy who is plotting treason, In league with that warm, red rebel, the Heart.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.