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

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.

What I experience of change is either the flow of the movement of change or my resistance to it.

Kayleigh was right. Without the pills, you really do feel nothing.And nothing can be nice.

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

Gosh, I made so many mistakes. I mean I still make mistakes. We all do.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.

The big problem in America is that everyone is spending 2-3 hours a day watching TV. If you spend that same amount of time reading, you'll be in the top 1% of whatever your field is.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day-or to celebrate each special day.