One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

The ambition of much of today's literary theory seems to be to find ways to read literature without imagination.

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes.

We're making progress. Our military is assisting in Iraq. And we're hoping that within the year we'll be able to push ISIS out of Iraq and then, you know, really squeeze them in Syria.

It's always funny until the hooker mentions her son.

To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

Go do something interesting. Ask if you need help.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.