If we had to and were able to suffer the sufferings of everyone, we could not live.

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment...

Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal.

...whatever you do, you’ll never kill my love. I love you! It’s only now that I realize I can’t imagine my life without you

Silly, ' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you've lost their vote.

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.

Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation.

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.

To please the Divine, our character, our behavior should be absolutely clean.

It's the most psychedelic experience I ever had, going to see Hendrix play. When he started to play, something changed: colors changed, everything changed.

We shall fight in parking lots, we shall fight in empty fields and on wide streets, we shall never surrender.