The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture.

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.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, isn't war the most demented activity ever invented?

His veins were dark with a vivid belladonna tincture, the essence of jealousy.

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love, ' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.

My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented the dream to them, they were 100 percent supportive.

It is remarkable to me that both parties are so out of touch with the American people, both Democrats, Republicans and Independents, we all feel the same way.

We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.

Even as a kid I would find the one person whose attention I didn't have and I would zone in on that person. It became a challenge.

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.