I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And order'd their estate.

I think writing would have happened to me anyway, somehow. Differently, but it still would have happened.

hopes dance best on bald men's hair

Think of your mind as a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it will become.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

I think that's the real horror story for me, how little you can ever really know about your own motivations. How in the dark we all are about the concerns and the contents of our minds.

And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.