It never occurred to us that the Earth itself might have been unyielding

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.

The Delta agent saw my itinerary and said, 'You’re flying to Jakarta via Atlanta, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur? You must have really pissed off your travel agent.

The sea reminds me of my finiteness, limitations, minuteness and powerlessness, because the sea is none of these.

The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition!

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

We die, because we live.

I think the shows are better when I feel like myself.

This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.

God is a wild man...should you encounter him...hang on for dear life-or let go for dear life is a better way to say it.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Not one atom can rest until it finds its freedom.