In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.

We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.

No man stops caring as long as he breathes. As long as he has a mind and memory, he will care. This is what separates us from the animals. We have feelings.

Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.

You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves

Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japans brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

We are shallow because we are mayabang, ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

She was benediction, a touch of faith, life itself coursing through my veins collapsed in age and turmoil, and to my fatigued and weary heart, a new and vibrant throb.

Fear, if not accompanied by pain, turns into a habit

Recognise how muchyou have to give.

Passion is a rare flower that grows on the precipice of death. A few snatch it, and the rest are like an ox chewing its cud in a field.

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.

Silence is the only language god speaks.

Giving back is the new luxury.

You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration

In general, I do not agree with spying against one's country.

Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

We're going to listen music in my room.' 'Fine,' his dad said from underneath the sink. 'Just don't get anybody pregnant.