Men and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension.

It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.

We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.

By all means be experimental, but let the reader be part of the experiment

I wonder now whether inner coldness and desolation may not be the pre-condition for making the world believe, by a kind of fraudulent showmanship, that one's own wretched heart is still aglow.

We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it.

We all have appointments with the past.

I believe that the black-and-white photograph, or rather the gray zones in the black-and-white photograph, stand for this territory that is located between life and death.

At the time I could no more believe my eyes than now I can trust my memory.

Tiny details imperceptible to us decide everything!

The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.

We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.

Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.

I would love to study guitar or trumpet.

I cut my bow from the wood of this tree of evil. Of this tree of good, I want a kiss from your lips.

I'm more focused on the positives of why I'm here. I'll be able to address those things in due time. Right now it's about the Thunder and Oklahoma City.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

Big news on CNN, a search has uncovered illegal biochemical agents, toxins and other dangerous substances. Not in Iraq, in Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet.

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

I could never have dreamed the life I lead. Given where I started, it's remarkable to me the constant adventure that my life has become.