Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

...Opinion without a rational process.

No one in USAID embodied the spirit of compassion and brotherhood that underpins our efforts more than Larry Foley.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

Secrets stolen from deep inside....the drum beats out of time

When someone in power declares that something is broken that means it's actually fine. What they're really saying is, "Let's change this so I like it and ruin it." Nothing is ever broken.

Can art change the world? Maybe ... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?

It does not matter what happens when we have gone.

I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively

A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.