I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

All big changes of the world come from words.

Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.

The world is not about Batman and Robin fighting the Joker; things are more complicated than that. And nothing is scarier than the people who try to find easy answers to complicated questions.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.

Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.

Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me the closet to divinity.

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

I like movies that challenge people to recognize different things

I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.

Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.

Hefeweizen. Never drink something you can't spill.