The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

After you have finished a piece of work, the work is then none of your business. Go on and do something else.

If women are given the same honor and dignity in society as the men, they will run the society way better than men.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself.

Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything.

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.