The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days and he would not answer. ‘What is the egg to the eagle?’ he asked me…

It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.

Whatever fate ordains, danger or hurt, or death predetermined, nothing can avert.

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

When I saw a phone on a plane for the first time, I panicked ... I thought people were going to call me.

Always help those who are being persecuted.

I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician.

Fascist is not just an epithet. Fascist is a proper noun that means a specific thing. It's a real thing. It's not always referring to ancient history.

I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.