The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

She avoids deep thought like an empty restaurant, not out of stupidity, but a canny resolve to be happy.

Hope is a trust in a Supreme.

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist.

There you go. Use your granddaughter to pick up women. That'll get you points in heaven.

We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with each of us as individuals. When we think like that, we are legalistic.

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look".

Paul says that as Christians we can rejoice even in tough times because we have hope and because we know that God is working in our lives.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.