I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.

Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.

If you are creative, you must be dissident.

To have arrived at the truth means that one no longer fears death. For death and truth are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever since.

Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.

As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.

If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.

I've put down my scrivener's pen. These days i prefer not to.

Intelligence and the spirit of adventure can be combined to create new energies, and out of these energies may come exciting and rewarding new prospects.

My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.