Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'

I believe education is the great equalizer.

It is only after you have come to know the surface of things ... that you can venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface of things is inexhaustible.

I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world inside out. And this starts right now.

None of my characters have really had jobs.

History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn't.

You think I regret saving your life?