Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.

Release the invisible potential and begin to do things you were born for

A pool just isn't the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.

when the press and problems of humanity become too much, I love to escape into books, where people are served up in digestible portions and can be pushed to one side when one is satiated.

Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.

The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.

Nothing quite new is perfect.

A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable.