I want Americans to know that Guantánamo​ happened not to monsters, but to men. Innocent men.

I'm glad my name stands for the principle that everyone has the right to force the government to justify his imprisonment.

I'll never forget what it was like to hold my wife and children again, to know that I was home, to know that I had managed to survive.

Once your character is poured with vigor and your attitude radiates confidence, there is no power in any external force to have any form of authority over you.

A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power.

You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself.

I don't have any experience with film schools. I suspect that they're useless, because I've had experience with drama schools, and have found them to be useless.

Life, and you, and I, and all of us together became for a while interesing to ourselves once more.

The future has no other reality than as present hope, and the past is no more than present memory.

Don't be sad about the goodbyes! Because in many farewells, better unions are hidden!

Close encounters are bad. Bad for the animal, as it causes stress, and bad for me for exactly the same reason.

Don’t complain; just work harder.