Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I eat my heart out alone.

I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.

But those are just words, and words are just stories, and eventually, always, stories come to an end.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

That is the good stuff that comes into our life and it's based on the good stuff that goes out of our life!

I only judge people by the depth of their squat.

The only separation the Bible knows is between believers on the one hand and unbelievers on the other. Any other kind of separation, division, disunity is of the devil. It is evil and from sin.

I've taken my knickers off. My friends told me my panty line was visible, so I went without.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.